![Giant dragonfly [Uropetala carovei] Image: Geoff Tutty, Phil Bendle Collection CitSciHub.nz](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/680px-Uropetala_carovei__FitMaxWzg3Miw1NDVd._by_Geoff_Tutty_1_.jpg)
Giant dragonfly Uropetala carovei Image: Geoff Tutty, Phil Bendle Collection CitSciHub.nz
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Odonata
- Whānau
- Family
- Petaluridae
Te Rahi
- Tērā ka tipu te tinana kia 86 mm te roa, kia 130 mm te whānui mai i te pito o tētahi parirau ki tētahi.
Size range
- Large insects. Body can be up to 86 mm long, wingspan 130 mm
Te Tītaringa
- Nō Aotearoa tēnei momo.
Distribution
- New Zealand native
Te Huringa Ora
- Kai ai i ngā pepeke āhua iti.
- I te kōhungahungatanga, noho ai ia ki tētahi rua i te paru..
Life history
- Eats smaller insects
- Immature stage lives in a burrow in mud