Small Red-eyed Damselfly

Erythromma viridulum

The Small Red-eyed Damselfly is a tiny, colorful insect that loves to flutter around water. With its bright red eyes and delicate wings, it looks like a little jewel dancing in the air!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Small Red-eyed Damselfly is a slender insect with distinctive bright red eyes. Males typically have a metallic green body with prominent blue markings on their tail, while females are duller bronze-green. They are easily recognized by their small size and wings folded back over their body when at rest.

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Small Red-eyed Damselfly

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Males guard their mates by flying together in tandem to protect their eggs.

Their babies, called nymphs, have three leaf-like tails that help them swim.

They spend most of their life underwater as nymphs, sometimes for a year!

Unlike dragonflies, damselflies fold their wings together over their back when resting.

Habilidades especiales

Small Red-eyed Damselfly has huge red eyes that help them spot tiny insects from a distance.

Small Red-eyed Damselfly can dart and hover precisely, allowing them to catch fast-moving prey in mid-air.

Small Red-eyed Damselfly nymphs have feathery gills that help them breathe underwater before becoming adults.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 30-40 mm
Tamaño: 25-30 mm
Esperanza de vida: 14-28 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 7 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

They are fierce hunters, eating many tiny flying insects and also insect larvae found in water.

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

Alimentos principales

midges
mosquitos
small flies
mayfly larvae
aquatic larvae

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

hunts

Common Midge

Chironomus plumosus

Adults actively hunt these tiny flying insects.

hunts

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Adults prey on these common flying pests.

hunts

Green Drake Mayfly

Ephemera danica

Nymphs hunt the aquatic larvae of mayflies.

eaten by

Common Frog

Rana temporaria

Adult damselflies can be prey for frogs.

eaten by

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Ducks may feed on adult damselflies near water.

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.

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.