Springwater dancer
The springwater dancer is a slim damselfly. The male is usually bright blue, and some are violet, while the female is pale brown. Both have a black stripe along the side of the chest.
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Fun facts
It is a bit bigger than most of the other blue dancers it can be mixed up with.
In 2022 scientists gave it a new scientific name, funebris, which has to do with funerals. Nobody knows why it was chosen.
The black stripe on its side is not forked, which helps you tell it apart from some lookalikes.
Most asked questions about Springwater dancer
?Why is it called the springwater dancer?
Because it likes to live at shallow springs.
?Is the springwater dancer dangerous?
No. Damselflies cannot sting and are harmless.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Argia funebris
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Coenagrionidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Springwater dancer (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Gaberlunzi (Richard Murphy). CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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