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Eight-spotted Skimmer

Libellula forensis

The Eight-spotted Skimmer is a beautiful dragonfly with eight spots on its wings! It loves to fly over ponds and lakes, catching tiny insects to eat.

生息地: Wetlands

外見

The Eight-spotted Skimmer is a medium-sized dragonfly with a dark body, often with yellow side stripes. Its most distinctive feature is its wings, which have two prominent dark brown or black patches on each wing, making a total of eight spots. There is often a striking white or pale patch between the dark wing spots.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaOdonataLibellulidaeLibellula
Eight-spotted Skimmer
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Eight-spotted Skimmer

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

Dragonflies spend most of their lives as fierce hunters underwater before taking to the sky!

Its amazing compound eyes have up to 30,000 tiny lenses for spotting the smallest prey!

They help keep pesky mosquito populations in check, especially around wetlands!

This ancient insect's ancestors flew the Earth over 300 million years ago, before dinosaurs!

特殊能力

能力

Super Sight

Eight-spotted Skimmer has massive compound eyes that give it nearly 360-degree vision for spotting tiny insects.

能力

Aerial Acrobatics

Eight-spotted Skimmer can fly backward, hover, and dart rapidly, catching prey mid-air with incredible agility.

能力

Independent Flight

Eight-spotted Skimmer can move its four wings independently, allowing for amazing control and complex flight patterns.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
70-90 mm
サイズ
45-55 mm
寿命
30-90 日
飛行速度
35 km/h
脚の数
6

食性と食事

An excellent hunter, it eats many flying insects, helping keep pest populations in check.

年齢による違い: Nymphs (young) hunt aquatic insects and small tadpoles, while adults exclusively catch flying insects.

主な食物

  • mosquitoes
  • gnats
  • flies
  • midges
  • small moths

採餌方法

  • Pursuit

生態系とのつながり

hunts

Common House Mosquito

Culex pipiens

helps control mosquito populations

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

nymphs are prey for this hungry amphibian

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

adults are a quick meal for this agile bird

hunts

House Fly

Musca domestica

an active predator of these common pests

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

Dragonflies are friendly and won't hurt you, but it's best to watch them from a distance.

よくある質問

Eight-spotted Skimmerの翼開長は何ですか?

70-90 mm

Eight-spotted Skimmerのサイズは何ですか?

45-55 mm

Eight-spotted Skimmerの寿命は何ですか?

30-90 日

Eight-spotted Skimmerの飛行速度は何ですか?

35 km/h

Eight-spotted Skimmerは何を食べますか?

An excellent hunter, it eats many flying insects, helping keep pest populations in check.

Eight-spotted Skimmerは通常どこに生息していますか?

Wetlands

Eight-spotted Skimmerはどのように狩りをしますか?

Pursuit

Eight-spotted Skimmerの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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