What is Green Darner Dragonfly?
The Green Darner Dragonfly is a member of the Order of the Insects of the Family in the Family Aeshnidae with the taxonomic name anex junius . They are one of the largest and most widespread dragon varieties in the world, growing up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) long and live on the continents of North America and South America, as well as the Caribbean Islands of Western India, such as Jamaica, and Asia regions such as China and Japan. While migration insects lasts up to four years to reach maturity, then they survive only about a month and a half as an adult. This is, despite the fact that they are very capable leaflets and predators of life, as they are larger and smaller than them, such as mosquitoes, moths and even small fish. Because he has large folded eyes, he sees almost 360 ° around him as he moves through the air. It is up to 4.5 inches (11.43 centimeters) also gives it the opportunity to travel at 50 miles per hour (80.5 kilometers per hour). Each of the four wings to the green Darner Dragonfly can be operated separately, allowing it to float withe in one place as a helicopter and a maneuver exactly during the flight.
Of about 5,200 species of dragonflies around the world, Green Darner Dragonfly is one of several dozen species that have shown to migrate like some birds in North America. They were monitored by connecting small radio transmitters and it turned out that they migrate from August to November from South Canada throughout the US to Mexico. They also migrate to the north from March to June in the swings of hundreds of thousands, and they seem to travel with Hawks and American Kestrel, a type of Sokol, who feeds on a small number of them on the route.
Dragon types were detected in the fossil record. And although Green Darner Dragonfly is widespread around the world, they require wet climate to thrive and migrate successfully. This includes areas of lakes, streams and strong vegetation that are breeding for their main food sources of insects and small aquatic species. Are often referred to as mosquito hawks asTheir expertise when capturing insects in flight. Even Green Green Darner Dragonfly, which takes years to ripen, are predatory, fed fish eggs, tadpoles and other small freshwater forms of life.