Sulphur-tipped clubtail
Phanogomphus militaris
The sulphur-tipped clubtail is a dragonfly from the middle of North America. Like other clubtails, the end of its long tail is a bit wider, like a little club. It lives near water, where its babies grow up.
Lives in
Central North America, near water
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Dragonflies have no sting.
What does it eat?
Like all dragonflies, it catches small flying insects. Its babies live under water and hunt there.
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)
Sulphur-tipped clubtail about 40 km/h (25 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Scientists moved it to a new group of dragonflies in 2017, so it got a new scientific name.
2
There are lots of them and their numbers are steady, so it is not in danger.
3
It belongs to the clubtail family, named for the wider tip of their tails.
you asked
Most asked questions about Sulphur-tipped clubtail
?Is the sulphur-tipped clubtail dangerous?
No. Dragonflies have no sting and are harmless to people.
?Where does the sulphur-tipped clubtail live?
In the middle of North America, near water.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Phanogomphus militaris
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Gomphidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Gomphidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Phanogomphus militaris (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 Michael D Fox. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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