Pale Snaketail

Ophiogomphus severus

The Pale Snaketail is a unique dragonfly with a long, slender body and bright green eyes. It loves to fly around rivers and streams, making it a fun sight for nature lovers!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Pale Snaketail has a robust body with distinct widely-separated green eyes. Its thorax and abdomen are primarily pale yellowish-green, marked with dark brown or black stripes, giving it a somewhat muted appearance compared to brighter dragonflies.

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Pale Snaketail

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

Adult snaketails spend most of their short lives searching for food and mates near water.

Baby snaketails (nymphs) have a special lower lip that shoots out to grab prey!

Their amazing aquatic larvae can live hidden underwater for several years before transforming!

Unlike many dragonflies, snaketails perch flat on the ground, blending perfectly with rocks!

Habilidades especiales

Pale Snaketail has huge compound eyes that let it spot tiny prey from far away while flying.

Pale Snaketail can dart and hover with powerful wings, allowing quick maneuvers to catch other flying insects.

Its nymphs breathe underwater using gills inside their rectum, letting them stay submerged and hidden.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 60-90 mm
Tamaño: 40-55 mm
Esperanza de vida: 15-60 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 35 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

Tiny hunters, Pale Snaketails eat other insects, both as flying adults and aquatic nymphs.

Diferencias por edad: Nymphs hunt aquatic insects and larvae underwater; adults pursue flying insects in the air.

Alimentos principales

mosquitoes
gnats
midges
smaller flies
mayfly nymphs
caddisfly larvae

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

hunts

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Adults catch mosquitoes in flight near water.

eats

Green Drake Mayfly

Ephemera danica

Nymphs ambush mayfly larvae on the riverbed.

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana

Bullfrogs prey on adult snaketails near the water's edge.

eaten by

American Mink

Mustela vison

Mink hunt aquatic dragonfly nymphs in shallow streams.

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.

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.