Orange threadtail
The orange threadtail is a slim damselfly from eastern Australia. The male has an orange-yellow chest with black patterns and a very thin black tail with yellow stripes. It often sits on plants at the edge of a stream.
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Fun facts
When it rests, it folds its wings tightly together and holds them straight up over its back.
Its wings have a brownish-yellow patch where they join the body.
The female is the same size as the male but pale brown, with the same black patterns.
You can see it at any time of the year somewhere in its home area.
Most asked questions about Orange threadtail
?Is the orange threadtail dangerous?
No. It is a damselfly and cannot sting or bite you.
?Where does the orange threadtail live?
In eastern Australia, near running water with some shade.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Nososticta solida
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Platycnemididae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Platycnemididae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Ochre threadtail
Where the facts come from
- Orange threadtail (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 Summerdrought. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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