Large pincertail
The large pincertail is a black and yellow dragonfly with bright blue eyes. Its eyes sit far apart on its head, and they are never green. It lives near rivers and lakes in western Europe.
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Fun facts
It is bigger and rarer than its cousin, the small pincertail, and the two look very alike.
Its whole life takes about three years, and most of that time it lives under water as a baby.
You can see the grown-ups flying from the middle of April to the end of August.
The little claspers at the end of its tail are always yellow.
Most asked questions about Large pincertail
?Is the large pincertail dangerous?
No. Dragonflies cannot sting and it does not hurt people.
?How big is the large pincertail?
It grows up to about 6.5 centimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Onychogomphus uncatus
- Named by
- Charpentier, 1840
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Gomphidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Gomphidae
- Lives on
- Europe
- Also known as
- Blue-eyed hook-tailed dragonfly
Where the facts come from
- Onychogomphus uncatus (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 Hectonichus ]]. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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