Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Faded Pincertail

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Onychogomphus costae

Key Differences

• Belly-shaped Hard Grass is Least Concern while Faded Pincertail is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Faded Pincertail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Gomphidae
Genus	Aegilops	Onychogomphus
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Onychogomphus costae

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Faded Pincertail

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Faded Pincertail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Faded Pincertail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.