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Beaverpond baskettail

Epitheca canis
Eats: Other bugs and small animalsDragonflies and damselfliesPonds, rivers and shores6 legs

The beaverpond baskettail is a dragonfly from North America. Many of its cousins are shiny green. Like all dragonflies, it zooms over the water on four see-through wings.

Lives in
North America, near ponds and other still water
Top speed
about 40 km/h (25 mph)
Flying, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Dragonflies have no sting. Just watch it fly.
What does it eat?
It catches small flying insects in the air. Its babies live under water and hunt there too.
For real!Photo of Beaverpond baskettail
Picture by Shirley Zundell. CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

Scientists say it is not in danger, and there are about as many of them as there have always been.

2

Like all dragonflies, it starts life under water and only later climbs out and gets wings.

3

Its family is called the emerald dragonflies in English, after the shiny green colour of many of them.

you asked

Most asked questions about Beaverpond baskettail

?Is the beaverpond baskettail dangerous?

No. Dragonflies have no sting and do not hurt people.

?What does the beaverpond baskettail eat?

Small flying insects that it catches in the air.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Epitheca canis
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Family
Corduliidae
Classification
Insecta > Odonata > Corduliidae
Lives on
North America

Where the facts come from

  1. Epitheca canis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by Shirley Zundell. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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