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Blue-fronted Dancer

Argia apicalis

The Blue-fronted Dancer is a beautiful dragonfly with bright blue colors. It loves to flutter around near water, showing off its lovely wings as it dances in the air.

生息地: Wetlands

外見

The Blue-fronted Dancer is a slender damselfly, predominantly black with striking bright blue markings on its head and the front of its thorax. Its wings are clear and transparent, and it has large, widely spaced eyes, characteristic of damselflies.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaOdonataCoenagrionidaeArgia
Blue-fronted Dancer
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Blue-fronted Dancer

カテゴリ

昆虫

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

Damselflies fold their wings back over their body when resting, unlike dragonflies!

The males often "dance" over water to find a mate, inspiring their name!

Their babies live underwater for months, breathing through gills in their tails!

They spend most of their life as aquatic hunters before growing wings!

特殊能力

能力

Agile Aerial Hunter

Blue-fronted Dancer can dart and hover effortlessly because of its two pairs of independently moving wings, helping them catch tiny insects mid-air.

能力

Super Sight

Blue-fronted Dancer has large, compound eyes that cover most of its head, helping them spot prey and predators from many directions at once.

能力

Underwater Breath

Blue-fronted Dancer nymphs can breathe underwater using special gills at their tail end, helping them survive and hunt beneath the surface.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
30-50 mm
サイズ
30-38 mm
寿命
30-90 日
飛行速度
10 km/h
脚の数
6

食性と食事

Tiny flying insects are their favorite snack, caught with lightning speed in the air!

年齢による違い: Nymphs hunt aquatic insects and larvae underwater, while adults hunt flying insects in the air.

主な食物

  • mosquitoes
  • gnats
  • small flies
  • midges
  • aphids

採餌方法

  • Pursuit

生態系とのつながり

hunts

common house mosquito

Culex pipiens

helps control mosquito populations

hunts

non-biting midge

Chironomus plumosus

eats these tiny flying insects

eaten by

American bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

frogs prey on adult damselflies

eaten by

yellow perch

Perca flavescens

fish eat their aquatic young

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

Be careful around water where dragonflies live, and watch them from a distance.

よくある質問

Blue-fronted Dancerの翼開長は何ですか?

30-50 mm

Blue-fronted Dancerのサイズは何ですか?

30-38 mm

Blue-fronted Dancerの寿命は何ですか?

30-90 日

Blue-fronted Dancerの飛行速度は何ですか?

10 km/h

Blue-fronted Dancerは何を食べますか?

Tiny flying insects are their favorite snack, caught with lightning speed in the air!

Blue-fronted Dancerは通常どこに生息していますか?

Wetlands

Blue-fronted Dancerはどのように狩りをしますか?

Pursuit

Blue-fronted Dancerの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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