Scientific Name: Libellula saturata
Order: Odonata
Family: Libelluidae
Diet: Naiads eat aquatic insects such as mosquito larvae, aquatic fly larvae, mayfly larvae, and freshwater shrimp. They also eat small fish and tadpoles. Adults eat soft-bodied insects including, mosquitoes, flies, butterflies, moths, mayflies, flying ants and termites.
Vegetation Association: Found near warm ponds, slow streams, and almost always around hot springs. Naiads live on the bottom of warm ponds, streams, and springs in the mud.
Predators: Birds
Life stages: Incomplete metamorphosis; egg, nymph, adult
Notes: This dragonfly is red-orange in color and quite large. Its body can grow up to 3 inches long.
Photo: To be added.
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