Calico Pennant

Celithemis elisa

The Calico Pennant is a colorful dragonfly with bright red and yellow patterns. They love to fly around sunny areas and can often be seen resting on plants or rocks near water.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Calico Pennant is a medium-sized dragonfly with a striking pattern. Its wings are clear but marked with prominent dark brown and reddish-yellow patches, creating a distinct 'calico' or checkerboard effect. The body is typically reddish-brown with yellow markings, making it visually distinct from solid-winged species.

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Calico Pennant

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

Calico Pennants can perch and bask in the sun to warm up, just like tiny lizards!

Dragonflies spend most of their life underwater as fierce aquatic predators!

Male Calico Pennants 'patrol' territories over ponds to find a mate and guard it!

These dragonflies can catch flying insects with incredible precision, even in mid-air!

Habilidades especiales

Calico Pennant can dart, hover, and fly backwards because of its four independently controlled wings that help them hunt agile prey.

Calico Pennant has massive compound eyes that allow it to see almost 360 degrees, helping them spot tiny insects from far away.

Calico Pennant nymphs can quickly snatch prey with a hinged lower lip that helps them catch other aquatic creatures.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 45-60 mm
Tamaño: 30-45 mm
Esperanza de vida: 30-90 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 35 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

They are airborne hunters that snatch other insects right out of the sky!

Diferencias por edad: Nymphs hunt aquatic invertebrates underwater; adults hunt flying insects in the air.

Alimentos principales

Mosquitoes
Flies
Midges
Gnats
Smaller dragonflies

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Adult dragonflies are prey for this bird.

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Adults and nymphs can be eaten by bullfrogs.

hunts

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Adult dragonflies prey on adult mosquitoes.

hunts

Non-biting Midge

Chironomus plumosus

Adult Calico Pennants eat flying midges.

eaten by

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Aquatic nymphs are prey for this fish.

Rasgos

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.