Rainbow bluet
Enallagma antennatum
The rainbow bluet is a slim damselfly, a small and delicate cousin of the dragonfly. It flutters along the water's edge in the east and middle of North America. When it rests, it folds its wings neatly together over its back.
Lives in
Eastern and central North America, near ponds, lakes and rivers
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Damselflies have no sting and do not bite people.
What does it eat?
Like other damselflies, it catches tiny flying insects. Its babies live under water and hunt there.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Rainbow bluet about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its babies, called nymphs, grow up under water before they climb out and get their wings.
2
There are plenty of rainbow bluets, and scientists say they are not in danger.
3
It belongs to the narrow-winged damselflies, which have thin, see-through wings.
you asked
Most asked questions about Rainbow bluet
?Is the rainbow bluet dangerous?
No. Damselflies cannot sting and do not bite people.
?Where does the rainbow bluet live?
In eastern and central North America, near water.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Enallagma antennatum
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Coenagrionidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Enallagma antennatum (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 Reuven Martin. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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