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Grizzled pintail

Acisoma panorpoides
Eats: Other bugs and small animalsDragonflies and damselfliesPonds, rivers and shores6 legs

The grizzled pintail is a small dragonfly with bright blue eyes. Its body is sky blue marbled with black, making a beautiful pattern. Its tail has a special shape that helps tell it apart from other dragonflies.

Lives in
Asia, from India to Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia, at weedy ponds and marshes
Top speed
about 40 km/h (25 mph)
Flying, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Dragonflies do not sting.
What does it eat?
Like all dragonflies, it catches small flying insects.
For real!Photo of Grizzled pintail
Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

The female has greenish yellow eyes instead of blue ones.

2

It flies weakly and only short distances, staying close to the reeds and plants.

3

The end of its tail is all black, and the tips are bluish white.

you asked

Most asked questions about Grizzled pintail

?Is the grizzled pintail dangerous?

No. Dragonflies cannot sting and are harmless to people.

?Where does the grizzled pintail live?

In Asia, at warm, weedy ponds, lakes and marshes.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Acisoma panorpoides
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Family
Libellulidae
Classification
Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
Lives on
Asia
Also known as
Asian pintail, Trumpet tail

Where the facts come from

  1. Acisoma panorpoides (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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