Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Rusty Snaketail

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Rusty Snaketail
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	Ophiogomphus
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Rusty Snaketail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Rusty Snaketail
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.

Rusty Snaketail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.

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.