Golden-winged Skimmer

Libellula auripennis

The Golden-winged Skimmer is a beautiful dragonfly with shiny golden wings. It loves to fly over ponds and lakes, catching tiny bugs to eat. Watching it zoom around is like seeing a little superhero in the sky!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Golden-winged Skimmer has distinct golden-orange patches at the base of its wings, especially on the hindwings. Its body is typically yellowish-brown, maturing to a reddish-brown in older males, contrasting with their large, dark eyes. This golden wing coloration helps distinguish it.

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Golden-winged Skimmer

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

A single Golden-winged Skimmer can eat hundreds of mosquitoes in just one day!

Dragonflies were among the very first winged insects to ever exist on Earth millions of years ago!

Dragonfly babies, called naiads, live underwater for years, breathing with gills!

They can fly backwards, sideways, and even hover perfectly still, just like a tiny helicopter!

Habilidades especiales

Golden-winged Skimmer can expertly hover and fly in all directions because of powerful, independently controlled wings.

Golden-winged Skimmer has enormous compound eyes that provide almost 360-degree vision, helping them spot tiny prey.

Golden-winged Skimmer can snatch flying insects mid-air using its spiny legs, which form a handy basket.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 60-80 mm
Tamaño: 44-58 mm
Esperanza de vida: 30-90 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 25 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

These skillful aerial hunters feast on smaller flying insects.

Diferencias por edad: Larvae are aquatic predators, eating small aquatic invertebrates and tadpoles; adults hunt flying insects.

Alimentos principales

mosquitoes
flies
midges
small moths
gnats

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

hunts

Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Reduces mosquito populations.

eats

Midge

Chironomus plumosus

Feeds on abundant aquatic midges.

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Caught by aerial bird predators.

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana

Adults and larvae consumed by frogs.

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.

Colorido

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

Imán para polinizadores

Describe plantas que son particularmente atractivas y beneficiosas para una amplia variedad de organismos polinizadores.

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.