Pygmy percher
The pygmy percher is a tiny dragonfly with a bright red tail and clear wings. It lives near rivers and streams in Australia and New Guinea. It is so small that its scientific name means dwarf.
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Fun facts
Its body is only about 2.5 centimetres long, which is tiny for a dragonfly.
It is the only kind of dragonfly in its group, so it has no close cousins.
In Australia it lives from Broome in the west, across the north and down the east coast to near Coffs Harbour.
Most asked questions about Pygmy percher
?How big is the pygmy percher?
Its body is about 2.5 centimetres long and its wings measure about 4 centimetres across.
?Where does the pygmy percher live?
In Australia and New Guinea, near rivers and streams.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Nannodiplax rubra
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Nannodiplax rubra (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 Summerdrought. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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