Eastern pondhawk
The eastern pondhawk is a fast hunting dragonfly that lives by ponds. The females are bright green with dark bands, and the males turn from green to powdery blue. It is a fierce little hunter in the air.
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Fun facts
Its babies live under water and have green eyes.
Right after it leaves the water it is dull olive green, but in a few hours it turns bright green.
The males guard floating mats of algae, where the females like to lay their eggs.
The mother dips the tip of her tail into the pond to drop her eggs, while the father guards her.
Its wings have dark tips.
Most asked questions about Eastern pondhawk
?What does the eastern pondhawk eat?
Other flying insects, including damselflies, caught in the air.
?Why are some eastern pondhawks green and others blue?
Females stay green, and the males slowly change from green to blue as they get older.
?Is the eastern pondhawk dangerous?
No, it is harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Erythemis simplicicollis
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Common pondhawk
Where the facts come from
- Erythemis simplicicollis (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 D. Gordon E. Robertson. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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