Neon skimmer
The neon skimmer is a dragonfly that glows like a red neon light. The male has a bright red face and a bright red tail. It patrols ponds, lakes and slow streams in warm places.
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Fun facts
Young ones are reddish brown with a yellow stripe along the top of the tail. They turn red as they grow up.
Males have an amber-yellow patch at the base of each wing. Females have clear wings.
Its hind wings are up to about 47 millimetres long.
More than half of its body length is its long tail, which is really its belly.
Most asked questions about Neon skimmer
?How big is a neon skimmer?
It is about 54 to 59 millimetres long.
?Do neon skimmers bite?
They have no sting and are harmless. A dragonfly may nip a little if you hold it.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Libellula croceipennis
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
Where the facts come from
- Neon skimmer (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 Davefoc. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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