Dragonflies And Damselflies

Odonata

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Odonata (Dragonflies And Damselflies) is a group of insects. There are 6297 species of dragonflies and damselflies, in 682 genera and 38 families. This group has been around since the upper triassic epoch. They includes groups like Damselflies and Dragonflies. They are carnivores. They are fast moving animals.

URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/UpperTriassic

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fastMoving
Definition: Organism that is capable of fast, active locomotion.

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EOL has data for 14 attributes, including:

eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Psectrocladius
first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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237 million years ago
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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Mozambique
- URI: https://www.geonames.org/1036973
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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freshwater habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002037
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on a body of water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (<0.5 grams dissolved salts per litre).
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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locomotion
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011
- Definition: Self-propelled movement of a cell or organism from one location to another.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]
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aerial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000366
- Definition: Behavior related to the movement of an organism from one location to another through the air.
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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1480
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002439
- Definition: An interaction relationship involving a predation process, where the subject kills the target in order to eat it or to feed to siblings, offspring or group members
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Opheodrys aestivus Linnaeus 1766 (Greensnake)
preys on
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002439
- Definition: An interaction relationship involving a predation process, where the subject kills the target in order to eat it or to feed to siblings, offspring or group members
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Insecta (insects)
trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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insectivore
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q677088
- Definition: organism that eats insects.
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trophic level
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1053008
- Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.
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carnivore
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
- Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of dragonflies and damselflies. View this species on GBIF

dragonflies and damselflies Habitats

The environments in which many dragonflies and damselflies species are known to live. Select an environment to see its dragonflies and damselflies species checklist.

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Dragonflies And Damselfly Habitats

The environments in which many dragonflies and damselflies species are known to live. Select an environment to see its dragonflies and damselflies species checklist.

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