Great Pondhawk

Erythemis vesiculosa

The Great Pondhawk is a bright green dragonfly that loves to fly around ponds and lakes. It has big, beautiful wings and is a great hunter of other insects!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Great Pondhawk has a robust body, often bright green or blue in males, while females are typically reddish-brown. Its transparent wings have dark veins and a small, distinct dark spot (pterostigma) near the tip, helping it stand out from smaller damselflies and damselflies.

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Great Pondhawk

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

Ancient dragonflies were giant, with wingspans as big as a hawk's!

Before they fly, they live for months underwater as fierce, masked hunters!

Great Pondhawks eat thousands of pesky mosquitoes every single day!

Some Great Pondhawks fly across oceans, migrating thousands of kilometers!

Habilidades especiales

Great Pondhawk has huge compound eyes that provide almost 360-degree vision, helping them spot prey and avoid danger.

Great Pondhawk can quickly change direction, hover, and even fly backward, because of four independently moving wings.

Great Pondhawk nymphs have a hinged lower jaw that extends out to grab prey, helping them hunt underwater.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 60-90 mm
Tamaño: 40-55 mm
Esperanza de vida: 200-700 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 30 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

This speedy hunter eats many kinds of flying insects!

Diferencias por edad: Nymphs hunt aquatic insects, tadpoles, and small fish underwater using their hinged jaw.

Alimentos principales

Mosquitoes
Flies
Gnats
Moths
Smaller dragonflies

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

hunts

Common Mosquito

Culex pipiens

Reduces mosquito populations.

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

An important food source for birds.

eaten by

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Bass prey on dragonflies during their nymph stage.

hunts

Fragile Forktail

Ischnura posita

Preys on smaller damselflies.

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.