Everyone loves a good photo of an anole eating something, and here’s a fine one of an anole chomping down on a dragonfly (or maybe a damselfly). It’s from the Facebook page of Tigertail Airboat Tours located on the Tamiami Trail in Florida. No details on what happened, but looks like a happy ending for one festive anole.
Professor of Biology and Director of the Living Earth Collaborative at Washington University in Saint Louis. I've spent my entire professional career studying anoles and have discovered that the more I learn about anoles, the more I realize I don't know.
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Ambika Kamath
I wonder if it was in fact a happy ending. I’ve seen a male A. oculatus in Dominica catch and kill a huge grasshopper only to completely fail at actually swallowing it. He ended up just deserting his prey.
Sean Giery
The dragonfly looks like a Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina). They’re very common in south Florida, even in urban areas. That’s a heck of a meal for an anole. I wonder how he fared.
Kenneth E. Barnett
Eating a Halloween Pennant.
James Stroud
I’ve seen green anoles (A. carolinensis) in Miami eat butterflies hugely disproportionate to their head and body size.
Aaron
Cool Picture.