Little Blue Dragonlet

Erythrodiplax minuscula

The Little Blue Dragonlet is a tiny dragonfly with beautiful blue wings. They love to flutter around near water and are often seen resting on plants. Their small size makes them special and easy to spot!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Little Blue Dragonlet is a tiny dragonfly, typically bright, iridescent blue on its body, especially males. Its clear wings have a dark spot called a stigma, and its legs are often yellowish. Females can appear more brownish-yellow.

ReinoAnimaliaFiloArthropodaClaseInsectaOrdenOdonataFamiliaLibellulidaeGéneroErythrodiplax

Little Blue Dragonlet

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

A Little Blue Dragonlet nymph lives underwater for months, then sheds its skin to fly!

Dragonflies are ancient insects; their ancestors flew the Earth over 300 million years ago!

Dragonflies form a heart-shaped 'mating wheel' in mid-air, a unique way to reproduce!

Its underwater babies, called nymphs, can breathe through gills inside their bottom!

Habilidades especiales

Little Blue Dragonlets have huge compound eyes that provide almost 360-degree vision, helping them spot tiny prey and avoid predators.

Little Blue Dragonlets can hover, fly backward, and change direction instantly because of their powerful, independently moving wings.

Little Blue Dragonlets can snatch flying insects right out of the air using their spiky legs, acting like a net.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 35-45 mm
Tamaño: 20-25 mm
Esperanza de vida: 28-60 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 28 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

They are swift aerial hunters, feasting on small flying insects they catch mid-air.

Diferencias por edad: Nymphs hunt aquatic insect larvae and small aquatic invertebrates underwater.

Alimentos principales

mosquitoes
midges
flies
small moths
gnats

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

hunts

Mosquito

Anopheles quadrimaculatus

Keeps mosquito populations in check.

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Bullfrogs prey on adult dragonflies near water.

eaten by

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Large fish eat dragonlet nymphs in the water.

Rasgos

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.

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.