Black-winged dragonlet
Erythrodiplax funerea
The black-winged dragonlet is a dragonfly from the skimmer family. As its name says, it has dark wings. Like all dragonflies, it is a fast flyer and a clever hunter.
Lives in
Central, North and South America, and also India
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Dragonflies have no sting.
What does it eat?
It catches small flying insects in the air. Its babies live under water and hunt there.
How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
Black-winged dragonlet about 40 km/h (25 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It belongs to the skimmers, a big family of dragonflies.
2
Scientists checked on it in 2016 and found that it is not in danger.
3
Like other dragonflies, its babies grow up under water before they climb out and get wings.
you asked
Most asked questions about Black-winged dragonlet
?Is the black-winged dragonlet dangerous?
No. Dragonflies have no sting and are harmless to people.
?Where does the black-winged dragonlet live?
In Central, North and South America, and also in India.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Erythrodiplax funerea
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Erythrodiplax funerea (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 This image is created by user Bram ter Keurs at Observation.org , a global biodiversity recording project.. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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