Pin-tailed pondhawk
Erythemis plebeja
The pin-tailed pondhawk is a dragonfly that loves ponds. Its name tells you it hunts around ponds like a little hawk. It lives in warm parts of America, from North America down to South America.
Lives in
North, Central and South America and the Caribbean islands, near ponds
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Dragonflies have no sting. Just watch it hunt.
What does it eat?
It catches flying insects in the air. Its babies live under water and hunt there too.
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)
Pin-tailed pondhawk about 40 km/h (25 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
There are more and more pin-tailed pondhawks, so scientists say they are not in danger.
2
Its babies, called nymphs, grow up in the water before they climb out and fly.
3
Like all dragonflies, it has four wings and can fly forwards, backwards and stand still in the air.
you asked
Most asked questions about Pin-tailed pondhawk
?Is the pin-tailed pondhawk dangerous?
No. Dragonflies cannot sting and are harmless to people.
?Where does the pin-tailed pondhawk live?
In North, Central and South America and on Caribbean islands.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Erythemis plebeja
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
Where the facts come from
- Erythemis plebeja (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 This image is created by user Joram de Gans at Observation.org , a global biodiversity recording project.. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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