Twilight darner
Gynacantha nervosa
The twilight darner is a big dragonfly from the darner family. Its name tells about twilight, the dim time around sunset. It lives in warm parts of the Americas and on the Caribbean islands.
Lives in
North, Central and South America and the Caribbean islands
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Dragonflies have no sting. A big one may nip if you hold it, so just watch it fly.
What does it eat?
It catches flying insects in the air. Its young live in the water and hunt tiny water animals.
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)
Twilight darner about 40 km/h (25 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It belongs to the darners, a family of big, strong-flying dragonflies.
2
It lives in a huge area, from North America all the way to South America.
3
Scientists checked how it is doing and found that it is not in danger. There are as many of them as there used to be.
you asked
Most asked questions about Twilight darner
?Where does the twilight darner live?
In North, Central and South America and on the Caribbean islands.
?Is the twilight darner dangerous?
No. It has no sting. A big dragonfly may give a small nip if held, but it is harmless.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Gynacantha nervosa
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Aeshnidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Aeshnidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
Where the facts come from
- Gynacantha nervosa (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 Judy Gallagher. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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