Flame Skimmer

Libellula saturata

The Flame Skimmer is a bright orange dragonfly that loves to fly near ponds and lakes. They are fun to watch as they zoom around and can even hover in the air!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Flame Skimmer male is strikingly vivid reddish-orange, with matching wing venation that gives it a fiery appearance. Females are duller, yellowish-brown, often sporting amber-tinted wings with dark spots near the tips. This intense fiery red sets the male apart from most other dragonflies.

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Flame Skimmer

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

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Snaps

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Datos interesantes

Flame Skimmers have 30,000 tiny lenses in their eyes, seeing almost all around them!

Male Flame Skimmers fiercely guard their watery territories from other dragonflies!

Their babies, called nymphs, live underwater for months before transforming into adults!

They are expert sun-bathers, warming up on rocks to get ready for high-speed flight!

Habilidades especiales

Flame Skimmer can snatch flying insects mid-air because of their incredible speed and maneuverability, helping them catch food.

Flame Skimmer has massive compound eyes that wrap around their head, helping them spot prey or predators from almost every angle.

Flame Skimmer can control each of their four wings independently, allowing them to hover, fly backward, and turn instantly.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 70-100 mm
Tamaño: 45-65 mm
Esperanza de vida: 30-90 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 35 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

Tiny flying insects are their favorite snack, caught right out of the air!

Diferencias por edad: Nymphs eat aquatic invertebrates, while adults hunt flying insects.

Alimentos principales

mosquitoes
gnats
flies
midges
small moths

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

hunts

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Helps control mosquito populations near water.

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Adults can become a meal for hungry frogs.

eaten by

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Nymphs are a food source for fish in ponds.

hunts

Common Midge

Chironomus plumosus

An adult consumes many midges daily.

Rasgos

Solitario

Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.

Aéreo

Las criaturas aéreas pasan una parte importante de su vida en el aire, utilizando el vuelo para diversas actividades como la caza, la migración o la anidación.

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.