Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Spot-tailed Dasher

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Micrathyria aequalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Spot-tailed Dasher
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)	Libellulidae
Genus	Aegilops	Micrathyria
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Micrathyria aequalis

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Spot-tailed Dasher

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Spot-tailed Dasher
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.

Spot-tailed Dasher

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and 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.