Jumbo dragonfly
The jumbo dragonfly is the biggest dragonfly in East Asia, almost 10 centimetres long. It is black with yellow rings around its long body. In Japan it is called oniyanma.
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Fun facts
Its Korean name means General Dragonfly.
Its nymphs live underwater for three to five years and change their skin up to ten times.
A nymph can grow to about 5 centimetres long before it becomes a dragonfly.
The mother flies up and down over a small stream and pokes her eggs into the mud or sand under the water.
Most asked questions about Jumbo dragonfly
?How big is the jumbo dragonfly?
It grows to about 9.5 to 10 centimetres long, the biggest dragonfly in East Asia.
?What does the jumbo dragonfly eat?
The adults hunt insects. The nymphs underwater catch tadpoles, water insects and small fish.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Anotogaster sieboldii
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Cordulegastridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Cordulegastridae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Siebold's dragonfly, Oniyanma
Where the facts come from
- Anotogaster sieboldii (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 Brian Adler 13:20, 28 June 2007 (UTC). Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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