Northern Spreadwing

Lestes disjunctus

The Northern Spreadwing is a beautiful dragonfly that loves to flutter around ponds and wetlands. With its long body and delicate wings, it can often be seen resting on leaves or flying gracefully over the water.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Northern Spreadwing is a slender damselfly, often displaying metallic green, bronze, or bluish hues on its body. Its clear wings are distinctively held wide apart when resting, a key feature differentiating it from most other damselflies.

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Northern Spreadwing

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

Some damselflies can change their body color based on temperature or age!

Their eyes have thousands of tiny lenses for spotting the smallest prey!

Their young live underwater for months, completely hidden from sight!

They hold wings wide open when resting, giving them their 'spreadwing' name!

Habilidades especiales

Northern Spreadwing can hold its wings wide open even at rest, which helps it warm up faster by soaking in the sun's rays.

Northern Spreadwing nymphs have special gills that allow them to breathe underwater, helping them stay hidden from predators.

Northern Spreadwing can hover and dart quickly in the air, allowing it to expertly catch tiny flying insects mid-flight.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 40-55 mm
Tamaño: 30-40 mm
Esperanza de vida: 30-60 días
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

These swift hunters keep insect populations in check, eating many small flying bugs!

Diferencias por edad: Nymphs eat aquatic invertebrates like mosquito larvae; adults eat flying insects.

Alimentos principales

mosquitoes
gnats
midges
small flies
aphids

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

hunts

Mosquito

Culex pipiens

Keeps mosquito populations balanced in wetlands.

eaten by

Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis phoebe

An important food source for insect-eating birds.

eaten by

Green Frog

Lithobates clamitans

Adults can become a meal for hungry amphibians.

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.