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Banded pennant

Celithemis fasciata
Eats: Other bugs and small animalsDragonflies and damselfliesPonds, rivers and shores6 legs

The banded pennant is a dragonfly with sharp black bands and patches on its clear wings. It lives around ponds, lakes and ditches in the United States. Its wing pattern makes it easy to spot.

Lives in
South-central, southeastern and eastern United States, around ponds, lakes and ditches
Length
3.3 cm (1.3 in)
Top speed
about 30 km/h (19 mph)
Flying, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Dragonflies have no sting.
What does it eat?
Like other dragonflies, it catches small flying insects. Its babies live under water.
For real!Photo of Banded pennant
Picture by D. Gordon E. Robertson. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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How long is it?

Banded pennant about 3.3 cm long (1.3 in)A toy building brick about 3.2 cm (1.3 in)A crayon about 9 cm (3.5 in)A banana about 18 cm (7.1 in)
as long as 6 grains of rice in a rowcould fly across a whole football pitch in 13 secondsmoves 250 times its own body length every second

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Fun facts

1

Its body is about 3.3 centimetres long.

2

The black pattern on its wings is different from one dragonfly to the next.

3

Banded pennants from the north usually have less black on their wings.

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Most asked questions about Banded pennant

?How big is the banded pennant?

It is about 33 millimetres long.

?Where does the banded pennant live?

In the eastern and southern United States, around ponds, lakes and ditches.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Celithemis fasciata
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Family
Libellulidae
Classification
Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
Lives on
North America

Where the facts come from

  1. Celithemis fasciata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by D. Gordon E. Robertson. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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