Smoky rubyspot
Hetaerina titia
The smoky rubyspot is a slim damselfly from North and Central America. Damselflies are the thinner cousins of dragonflies. Most of them fold their wings over their backs when they rest.
Lives in
North and Central America, near water
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Dragonflies and damselflies have no sting, so just watch it fly.
What does it eat?
It catches small flying insects such as midges and mosquitoes. Its young live under water and hunt tiny water animals.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Smoky rubyspot 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
It is a broad-winged damselfly, so its wings are wider than those of many other damselflies.
2
Scientists checked on it in 2018 and found that there are plenty of them and their numbers are steady.
3
Its young live under water before they climb out and get their wings.
you asked
Most asked questions about Smoky rubyspot
?Where does the smoky rubyspot live?
In North America and Central America.
?Is the smoky rubyspot dangerous?
No. Damselflies have no sting and are harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Hetaerina titia
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Calopterygidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Calopterygidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Hetaerina titia (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 Laura Gaudette. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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