Wandering percher
The wandering percher is a small dragonfly with clear wings and a little yellow spot where the back wings meet its body. The male has a bright orange or red tail, and the female is yellowish. It likes to sit and rest on a perch near the water.
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Fun facts
In the Māori language of New Zealand it is called tiemiemi.
It is one of the first dragonflies to move in when a new pond or pool appears.
It can live near fresh water and also near slightly salty water.
It has two dark spots on each side of its chest, and that is where its scientific name comes from.
Most asked questions about Wandering percher
?Where does the wandering percher live?
In Australia, New Zealand and on South Pacific islands, near pools, streams and swamps.
?How big is the wandering percher?
Its wings measure about 5.5 centimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Diplacodes bipunctata
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Red percher dragonfly, Tiemiemi
Where the facts come from
- Diplacodes bipunctata (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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