Mexican amberwing
Perithemis intensa
The Mexican amberwing is a small dragonfly with wings the colour of amber, a golden orange. It lives in the hot southwest of the United States and in Mexico. It darts about near ponds and slow water.
Lives in
The southwestern United States and Mexico, near ponds
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Dragonflies do not sting and it is no danger to people.
What does it eat?
Like all dragonflies, it catches small flying insects. Its young grow up in the water and hunt tiny water animals.
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)
Mexican amberwing about 40 km/h (25 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its name comes from its wings, which shine golden orange like amber.
2
It belongs to the skimmer family, the biggest family of dragonflies.
3
Like all dragonflies, it starts life in the water as a nymph and climbs out when it is ready to get its wings.
you asked
Most asked questions about Mexican amberwing
?Where does the Mexican amberwing live?
In the southwestern United States and in Mexico, near water.
?Can the Mexican amberwing sting?
No. Dragonflies have no stinger and are harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Perithemis intensa
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Mexican amberwing (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 Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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