Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Migrant Spreadwing

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Lestes barbarus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Migrant Spreadwing
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)	Lestidae
Genus	Aegilops	Lestes
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Lestes barbarus

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Migrant Spreadwing

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Migrant Spreadwing
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.

Migrant Spreadwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Sweden.

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.