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Northern Spreadwing

Lestes disjunctus

The Northern Spreadwing is a beautiful dragonfly that loves to flutter around ponds and wetlands. With its long body and delicate wings, it can often be seen resting on leaves or flying gracefully over the water.

生息地: Wetlands

外見

The Northern Spreadwing is a slender damselfly, often displaying metallic green, bronze, or bluish hues on its body. Its clear wings are distinctively held wide apart when resting, a key feature differentiating it from most other damselflies.

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Northern Spreadwing
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Northern Spreadwing

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

Some damselflies can change their body color based on temperature or age!

Their eyes have thousands of tiny lenses for spotting the smallest prey!

Their young live underwater for months, completely hidden from sight!

They hold wings wide open when resting, giving them their 'spreadwing' name!

特殊能力

能力

Spreadwing Stance

Northern Spreadwing can hold its wings wide open even at rest, which helps it warm up faster by soaking in the sun's rays.

能力

Underwater Breather

Northern Spreadwing nymphs have special gills that allow them to breathe underwater, helping them stay hidden from predators.

能力

Hover Hunt

Northern Spreadwing can hover and dart quickly in the air, allowing it to expertly catch tiny flying insects mid-flight.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
40-55 mm
サイズ
30-40 mm
寿命
30-60 日
脚の数
6

食性と食事

These swift hunters keep insect populations in check, eating many small flying bugs!

年齢による違い: Nymphs eat aquatic invertebrates like mosquito larvae; adults eat flying insects.

主な食物

  • mosquitoes
  • gnats
  • midges
  • small flies
  • aphids

採餌方法

  • Pursuit

生態系とのつながり

hunts

Mosquito

Culex pipiens

Keeps mosquito populations balanced in wetlands.

eaten by

Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis phoebe

An important food source for insect-eating birds.

eaten by

Green Frog

Lithobates clamitans

Adults can become a meal for hungry amphibians.

特徴

別名

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コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

Watch these insects from a distance and don't try to catch them, as they are delicate.

よくある質問

Northern Spreadwingの翼開長は何ですか?

40-55 mm

Northern Spreadwingのサイズは何ですか?

30-40 mm

Northern Spreadwingの寿命は何ですか?

30-60 日

Northern Spreadwingは何を食べますか?

These swift hunters keep insect populations in check, eating many small flying bugs!

Northern Spreadwingは通常どこに生息していますか?

Wetlands

Northern Spreadwingはどのように狩りをしますか?

Pursuit

Northern Spreadwingの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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