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Scientific Name: Libellula lydia
Order: Odonata
Family: Libelluidae
Diet: Eats insects, including mosquitoes. Nymphs eat aquatic invertebrates such as small crayfish, mayfly larvae, and small aquatic vertebrates such as tadpoles and minnows.
Vegetation Association: Hawks for insects over ponds, marshes and slow moving bodies of water. Nymphs can be found covered in algae.
Predators: Fish, frogs, and other aquatic insects.
Life stages: Incomplete metamorphosis; egg, nymph, adult.
Notes: Male looks checkered because of its chunky white body and brownish-black bands on the wings. They often rest on objects near the water. Males are territorial.
Photo: To be added.
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