Orange-tailed sprite
Ceriagrion auranticum
The orange-tailed sprite is a small damselfly from South and South-East Asia. As its name says, it has an orange tail. Damselflies are the slim cousins of dragonflies.
Lives in
South and South-East Asia, by slow streams, ponds and swamps
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Damselflies have no sting and cannot hurt you.
What does it eat?
It catches small flying insects. Its babies live in the water and hunt tiny water animals.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Orange-tailed sprite about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It lays its eggs in slow streams, ponds and swamps.
2
Its babies, called nymphs, grow up under water before they climb out and get their wings.
3
Unlike most dragonflies, a damselfly folds its wings along its body when it rests.
you asked
Most asked questions about Orange-tailed sprite
?Is the orange-tailed sprite dangerous?
No. Damselflies have no sting and cannot hurt people.
?Where does the orange-tailed sprite live?
In South and South-East Asia, near slow streams, ponds and swamps.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ceriagrion auranticum
- Named by
- Fraser, 1922
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Coenagrionidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Ceriagrion auranticum (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 Jeekc. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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