White-tipped demon
The white-tipped demon is a small dark dragonfly from South Asia. A grown-up male looks dark violet, with yellow marks peeking through. The tips at the end of its tail are pale yellow with little black ends.
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Fun facts
The female looks very different from the male. She is golden yellow on top with black and reddish-brown marks.
Young males are yellowish at first. They turn dark as they grow up.
A thin powdery layer on the male's body makes it look dark violet.
It lays its eggs in ponds and lakes full of water plants.
Most asked questions about White-tipped demon
?What does the white-tipped demon look like?
The male is dark violet or blackish-brown with faint yellow marks. The female is golden yellow.
?Where does the white-tipped demon live?
In India, Sri Lanka and Thailand, near ponds and lakes with lots of water plants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Indothemis carnatica
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Black marsh skimmer, Light-tipped demon
Where the facts come from
- Indothemis carnatica (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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