Paddyfield parasol
The paddyfield parasol is a yellowish red dragonfly from Asia. It has reddish brown eyes and a big amber-yellow patch where its wings join its body. It loves low, flat land near the coast.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
All four of its wings have a golden amber patch at the base, close to the body.
Young ones are more yellowish red than the grown-ups.
It is common at sea level along the coast but rare up in the hills.
Scientists have found four slightly different forms of it, called subspecies, in different parts of Asia.
Most asked questions about Paddyfield parasol
?Where does the paddyfield parasol live?
In many countries in Asia, most often in low land near the coast.
?What colour is the paddyfield parasol?
It is yellowish red with reddish brown eyes and amber-yellow patches at the base of its wings.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Neurothemis intermedia
- Named by
- Rambur, 1842
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Neurothemis intermedia (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 Vengolis. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
If we got something wrong, sorry, we are bug fans, not a science journal. Tell us at [email protected] and we will fix it.
Bug Wiki honey jar For grown-ups: Bug Wiki is free, with no ads and no tracking. A small tip helps keep it online.Leave a tip
Emperor dragonfly
Common whitetail
Green darner
Ebony jewelwing
Globe skimmer
Blue dasher
Sapphire-striped mosquito
Trivittate marsh fly
Gold spot
Slender amber snail
Yellow mayfly
Ringed china-mark