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Orange-faced sprite

Pseudagrion rubriceps
Name means: “named after the male's bright orange face”
Eats: Other bugs and small animalsDragonflies and damselfliesPonds, rivers and shores6 legs

The orange-faced sprite is a slim damselfly with bright orange eyes. The boy has a brilliant reddish orange face, as if he painted it. His body is olive green on top and sky blue on the sides.

Lives in
Tropical Asia, near weedy streams and ponds
Top speed
about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Flying, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Damselflies have no sting and do not bite people.
What does it eat?
Like other damselflies, it catches small flying insects. Its babies live in the water and hunt there.
For real!Photo of Orange-faced sprite
Picture by Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

The girl looks different from the boy: her eyes, face and chest are yellowish green.

2

The last two rings of the boy's tail are plain sky blue without any marks.

3

One kind of it lives only on the island of Sri Lanka.

4

It lays its eggs in streams and ponds full of water plants.

you asked

Most asked questions about Orange-faced sprite

?Why is it called the orange-faced sprite?

Because the male has a bright reddish orange face.

?Where does the orange-faced sprite live?

In tropical Asia, near weedy streams and ponds.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Pseudagrion rubriceps
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Family
Coenagrionidae
Classification
Insecta > Odonata > Coenagrionidae
Lives on
Asia
Also known as
Saffron-faced blue dart

Where the facts come from

  1. Pseudagrion rubriceps (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 Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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