Post by Admin on Apr 4, 2016 23:23:39 GMT
Name:Slim scarlet-darter (Crocothemis sanguinolenta)
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Crocothemis
Species:C. sanguinolenta
IUCN Rating: Least Concern
Description: This dragonfly is medium-sized with dazzling scarlet colouration and a long, slender body.
Range: Found across most of Africa below the Sahara, it is also found in both Jordan and Israel.
Habitat:Its natural habitats are forests, shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes
Diet: an opportunistic predator that feeds on a variety of prey species.
Breeding: A dragonfly generally lays its eggs near or in water, and the eggs hatch into aquatic larvae, known as nymphs
Threats: Drainage of wetlands and water pollution may have a localized impact on this species however there does not appear to be any globalized threat at present.
Sources and further information:
www.arkive.org/slim-scarlet-darter/crocothemis-sanguinolenta/
defworld.freeoda.com/Species%20Details/Crocothemis%20sanguinolenta.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocothemis_sanguinolenta
www.iucnredlist.org/details/59860/0
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Crocothemis
Species:C. sanguinolenta
IUCN Rating: Least Concern
Description: This dragonfly is medium-sized with dazzling scarlet colouration and a long, slender body.
Range: Found across most of Africa below the Sahara, it is also found in both Jordan and Israel.
Habitat:Its natural habitats are forests, shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes
Diet: an opportunistic predator that feeds on a variety of prey species.
Breeding: A dragonfly generally lays its eggs near or in water, and the eggs hatch into aquatic larvae, known as nymphs
Threats: Drainage of wetlands and water pollution may have a localized impact on this species however there does not appear to be any globalized threat at present.
Sources and further information:
www.arkive.org/slim-scarlet-darter/crocothemis-sanguinolenta/
defworld.freeoda.com/Species%20Details/Crocothemis%20sanguinolenta.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocothemis_sanguinolenta
www.iucnredlist.org/details/59860/0