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The immature meadowhawk dragonflies feed on various organisms that can be found in aquatic environments. Some of their prey items include fly larvae, mosquito larvae, mayfly larvae, shrimp, and small fish. The adult meadowhawks feed on smaller, typically flying insects. This, for example, includes mosquitoes, flies, moths, and mayflies.
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Unlike most skimmers—and indeed most dragonflies—the blue corporal typically perches on the ground, though it will sometimes cling vertically to sunlit trees during the late afternoon. Males spend much of their time patrolling the edges of ponds and lakes, resting on banks, low vegetation or floating debris between flights.
Odonata is an order of predatory flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies (as well as the Epiophlebia damsel-dragonflies). The two major groups are distinguished with dragonflies (Anisoptera) usually being bulkier with large compound eyes together and wings spread up or out at rest, while damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) are usually more slender with eyes placed apart and ...
Dragonflies having simple flaps shed the eggs in water, mostly in flight. Dragonflies having ovipositors use them to puncture soft tissues of plants and place the eggs singly in each puncture they make. [32] [34] [35] [36] Dragonfly nymphs vary in form with species, and are loosely classed into claspers, sprawlers, hiders, and burrowers. [17]
Anax (from Ancient Greek ἄναξ anax, "lord, master, king") [2] is a genus of dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae. It includes species such as the emperor dragonfly, Anax imperator. [3] Anax spp. are very large dragonflies. They generally have light-colored bodies and dark tails with pale markings. [4]
Macromia is a genus of large dragonflies in the family Macromiidae. [2] Species of the genus Macromia are commonly known as river cruisers from their habit of cruising long distances along river banks.
The Cordulegastridae are a family of Odonata (dragonflies) from the suborder Anisoptera. They are commonly known as spiketails. [2] Some vernacular names for the species of this family are biddie and flying adder. [3] They have large, brown or black bodies with yellow markings, and narrow unpatterned wings.