Russet percher
Neurothemis fulvia
The russet percher is a rusty red-brown dragonfly. Even its wings are dark reddish brown, except for a clear, see-through triangle at each tip. It loves to sit on fallen logs and bushes in wet forests.
Lives in
South and Southeast Asia, in wet forests, forest marshes, parks and gardens
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Dragonflies have no sting. A big one may nip if you hold it, so just watch it fly.
What does it eat?
It catches flying insects. Its babies grow up in marshes and ponds and hunt small 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)
Russet percher about 40 km/h (25 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The clear tips of its wings help tell it apart from other red Asian dragonflies.
2
Females come in many forms, often with amber-yellow wings.
3
Large numbers often gather together in sunny gaps in the forest.
4
It lays its eggs in marshes and ponds near forest streams.
you asked
Most asked questions about Russet percher
?What does the russet percher look like?
It is rusty red-brown with dark reddish wings that have clear tips.
?Where does the russet percher live?
In wet forests of Asia, and also in parks and gardens.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Neurothemis fulvia
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Fulvous forest skimmer
Where the facts come from
- Neurothemis fulvia (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 Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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