Spiny Baskettail
探検昆虫
Spiny Baskettail
Epitheca spinigera
The Spiny Baskettail is a special dragonfly with long, slender wings and a spiny body. It loves to fly around wetlands and is often seen darting over the water.
生息地: Wetlands
外見
The Spiny Baskettail is a medium-sized dragonfly with a dark, often metallic green or bronze body. Its transparent wings may have a subtle amber tint at the base. Males have distinctive spiny claspers at the end of their abdomen, giving them their unique name.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Odonata科Corduliidae属Epitheca
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
Its babies, called nymphs, live underwater for years before they become flying adults!
Male Spiny Baskettails use special 'baskets' on their tail to grab females during mating!
Some adult Spiny Baskettails only live a few weeks, but they make every moment count!
These dragonflies can hover perfectly still in mid-air, like a tiny helicopter!
特殊能力
能力
Aerial Hunter
Spiny Baskettail can catch tiny flying insects mid-air with incredible agility, thanks to its powerful wings and basket-like legs.
能力
Underwater Ambush
Its larvae can breathe underwater and ambush smaller aquatic creatures, using a unique hinged jaw to snatch prey quickly.
能力
360 Vision
Spiny Baskettail has huge compound eyes covering most of its head, giving it nearly 360-degree vision to spot prey and predators.
サイズと詳細
- 翼開長
- 60-80 mm
- サイズ
- 40-50 mm
- 寿命
- 14-45 日
- 飛行速度
- 40 km/h
- 脚の数
- 6
食性と食事
This swift insect preys on smaller flying insects, while its young hunt underwater.
年齢による違い: Larvae are aquatic predators, adults hunt flying insects.
主な食物
- Mosquitoes
- Midges
- Flies
- Mayflies
- Gnats
- Small moths
採餌方法
- Pursuit
生態系とのつながり
eaten by
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Adult dragonflies are snatched from the air by this bird.
eaten by
Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
Fish eat Spiny Baskettail larvae that live in the water.
hunts
Mosquito
Aedes aegypti
Adult baskettails are voracious predators of flying mosquitoes.
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 harmless and fun to watch, but it's best to observe them from a distance.
よくある質問
Spiny Baskettailの翼開長は何ですか？
60-80 mm
Spiny Baskettailのサイズは何ですか？
40-50 mm
Spiny Baskettailの寿命は何ですか？
14-45 日
Spiny Baskettailの飛行速度は何ですか？
40 km/h
Spiny Baskettailは何を食べますか？
This swift insect preys on smaller flying insects, while its young hunt underwater.
Spiny Baskettailは通常どこに生息していますか？
Wetlands
Spiny Baskettailはどのように狩りをしますか？
Pursuit
Spiny Baskettailの脚の数は何ですか？
6
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