Southern Hawker

Aeshna cyanea

The Southern Hawker is a colorful dragonfly with bright green and blue markings. It loves to fly around ponds and gardens, catching small insects in the air.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Southern Hawker is a large, robust dragonfly. Males typically have a striking mosaic pattern of blue and apple-green on a black body, while females are usually green and yellow. Its large, iridescent compound eyes meet at the top of its head, providing exceptional vision.

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Southern Hawker

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

A Southern Hawker's eyes contain nearly 30,000 tiny lenses for incredible sight!

Baby Southern Hawkers live underwater for up to two years before transforming!

Dragonflies have been zipping around Earth since before the dinosaurs!

They can twist and turn in the air, even flying backwards, thanks to their four wings!

Habilidades especiales

Southern Hawker can hover, fly backward, and turn rapidly because of its independently controlled wings that help them catch agile prey.

Southern Hawker has huge compound eyes covering most of its head that helps them spot movement in almost every direction.

Southern Hawker larvae can breathe and hunt underwater using gills that help them ambush aquatic insects and tadpoles.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 95-110 mm
Tamaño: 70-75 mm
Esperanza de vida: 395-1185 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 45 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

Southern Hawkers are aerial hunters, catching other flying insects right out of the air!

Diferencias por edad: Larvae eat aquatic insects and tadpoles; adults eat flying insects.

Alimentos principales

flies
mosquitoes
butterflies
moths
smaller dragonflies

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

hunts

housefly

Musca domestica

Adults actively pursue and eat these flies.

hunts

common mosquito

Culex pipiens

Adults are important predators of mosquitoes.

eaten by

common frog

Rana temporaria

Frog adults and tadpoles can eat dragonfly nymphs.

eaten by

blackbird

Turdus merula

Birds, like blackbirds, sometimes catch adult dragonflies.

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.