Black-tipped darner
Aeshna tuberculifera
The black-tipped darner is a dragonfly from North America. It belongs to the darners, a family of big, strong fliers. Like all dragonflies, it has four wings and huge eyes.
Lives in
North America, near water
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Dragonflies have no sting. Just watch it fly.
What does it eat?
It catches flying insects in the air. Its babies live under water 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)
Black-tipped darner 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 them, and scientists say the species is safe and not in danger of dying out.
2
Like all dragonflies, its babies grow up under water before they climb out and get their wings.
3
It holds its six legs together like a basket to scoop insects out of the air.
you asked
Most asked questions about Black-tipped darner
?Where does the black-tipped darner live?
In North America, near water.
?Is the black-tipped darner dangerous?
No. Dragonflies have no sting and are harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Aeshna tuberculifera
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Aeshnidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Aeshnidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Aeshna tuberculifera (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 Mike Ostrowski. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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