Little blue marsh hawk
Brachydiplax sobrina
The little blue marsh hawk is a small dragonfly from South Asia with dark brown eyes. When it grows up, a soft bluish-white powder covers its body and hides all its stripes and spots. That makes it look pale blue.
Lives in
South and Southeast Asia, from Nepal and India to Thailand, at marshes and ponds
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Dragonflies have no sting, so you can just watch it fly.
What does it eat?
Like all dragonflies, it catches small flying insects in the air. Its babies live under 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)
Little blue marsh hawk about 40 km/h (25 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Young ones are black with big yellow spots on the sides. The blue powder only comes later.
2
The female looks like a young male, so she keeps her yellow spots.
3
It lays its eggs in marshes, ditches and ponds.
you asked
Most asked questions about Little blue marsh hawk
?Is the little blue marsh hawk dangerous?
No. It is a small dragonfly with no sting and is harmless to people.
?Where does the little blue marsh hawk live?
In South Asia, in countries like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Thailand.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Brachydiplax sobrina
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Brachydiplax sobrina (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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