




erythemis plebeja
The Pin-Tailed Pondhawk is a vibrant dragonfly known for its beautiful blue and green colors. It loves to flutter around ponds and lakes, making it a fun sight for kids to watch!
生息地: Freshwater ponds, lakes, and marshes
The Pin-Tailed Pondhawk is a small, dark dragonfly, often appearing black with a pruinose blue thorax in mature males. Its slender, tapering abdomen gives it a distinctive 'pin-tail' appearance, and females typically display yellow spots along their dark body.





カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
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Dragonflies have been flying for over 300 million years, even before the dinosaurs!
Pin-Tailed Pondhawk nymphs can live underwater for years before becoming flying adults!
Pin-Tailed Pondhawks eat mosquitoes, helping to keep those pesky biters in check!
They catch prey with their legs in a 'basket' while flying!
Pin-Tailed Pondhawk can fly in any direction, even backwards, because of its two pairs of independently moving wings.
Pin-Tailed Pondhawk nymphs breathe underwater using gills, allowing them to live and hunt submerged.
Pin-Tailed Pondhawk larvae have an extendable jaw, a labium, that helps them snatch unsuspecting prey.
They are aerial predators, catching small flying insects.
年齢による違い: Nymphs hunt aquatic insects and tadpoles; adults hunt flying insects.
Aedes aegypti
Adults prey on them in flight.
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Tyrannus tyrannus
Birds snatch them from the air or perches.
Lepomis macrochirus
Fish prey on pondhawk nymphs underwater.
Lithobates catesbeianus
Nymphs ambush tadpoles in the water.
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50-75 mm
35-45 mm
30-60 日
25 km/h
They are aerial predators, catching small flying insects.
Freshwater ponds, lakes, and marshes
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