Checkered setwing
The checkered setwing is a dragonfly from North and Central America. It belongs to the skimmers, a big family of dragonflies that often rest on twigs with their wings held out. Like all dragonflies, it hunts other flying insects.
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Fun facts
Experts checked on it in 2017 and found it is not in danger. Its numbers are stable.
A dragonfly can fly forwards, backwards and sideways, and hover in one spot.
Dragonfly babies, called nymphs, live under water before they climb out and become flying dragonflies.
Most asked questions about Checkered setwing
?Is the checkered setwing endangered?
No. It is listed as least concern, and its numbers are stable.
?What does the checkered setwing eat?
Flying insects that it catches in the air. Its young hunt small animals under water.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Dythemis fugax
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Dythemis fugax (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 Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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