Damselfly

Group:

Animal, Invertebrate (minibeast)

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Damselfly

Food chain :

Carnivore

What it eats :

Adults eat flying insects, mainly midges and mosquitoes. The larvae, which live under water, eat almost any creature that is smaller than themselves, including other insect larvae and tadpoles.

Eaten by:

Adults are eaten by spiders, frogs, and predatory birds. Larvae are eaten by fish, frogs, toads and newts, and other water invertebrates.

Habitat:

PondPond

Description:

Damselflies are smaller than dragonflies,. They rest with their wings held together in line with their body. Damselflies start life underwater as larvae (also called nymphs) that are voracious predators. When they are large enough, they crawl up the stem of a water plant, shed their skin for the last time and emerge with wings as an adult damselfly.