Dancing dropwing
The dancing dropwing is a yellowish brown dragonfly from Asia with very long, black, spidery legs. It likes to sit on the very tip of a swaying reed with its wings lifted up. That makes it one of the easiest dragonflies to spot.
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Fun facts
Its wings are clear with reddish veins and shine like gold when you look from the right side.
The top part of its front legs is bright yellow, while the rest of its legs are black.
Young males are yellow, and they turn chocolate brown as they grow older.
It lays its eggs in marshes, weedy ponds and lakes, and sits on tall water plants or bare twigs nearby.
Most asked questions about Dancing dropwing
?Is the dancing dropwing dangerous?
No. Dragonflies cannot sting or hurt people.
?Where does the dancing dropwing live?
In Asia, for example in India and Sri Lanka, near marshes, ponds and lakes.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Trithemis pallidinervis
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Long-legged marsh glider
Where the facts come from
- Long-legged marsh glider (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 Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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