Yellow-sided skimmer
Libellula flavida
The yellow-sided skimmer is a dragonfly from North America. It belongs to the skimmers, a big family of strong flying dragonflies. Like all dragonflies, it has four see-through wings and huge eyes.
Lives in
North America
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Dragonflies do not sting people.
What does it eat?
It catches small flying insects in the air. Its babies live in water and hunt there.
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)
Yellow-sided skimmer about 40 km/h (25 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
There are plenty of yellow-sided skimmers, and scientists say their numbers are staying the same.
2
Its scientific name flavida means yellowish.
3
Like other dragonflies, it starts life as a baby living under water before it grows wings.
you asked
Most asked questions about Yellow-sided skimmer
?Is the yellow-sided skimmer dangerous?
No. Dragonflies do not sting, and they help by eating small flying insects.
?Where does the yellow-sided skimmer live?
In North America, near water where dragonflies lay their eggs.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Libellula flavida
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Libellula flavida (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 Cody Hough. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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