Racket-tailed emerald
Dorocordulia libera
The racket-tailed emerald is a slender dragonfly that shines metallic green. It has clear wings, black legs and a coat of brown hair. It zips over bogs and ponds in North America.
Lives in
The northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, at bogs, ponds, streams and wetlands
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Dragonflies have no sting and are no danger to people.
What does it eat?
Like all dragonflies, it catches small flying insects. 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)
Racket-tailed emerald 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 emeralds, a family of dragonflies that often shine green.
2
Its body is covered in fine brown hairs.
3
It likes shallow bogs, ponds, streams and other wet places.
you asked
Most asked questions about Racket-tailed emerald
?Does the racket-tailed emerald sting?
No. Dragonflies have no sting and are harmless to people.
?Where does the racket-tailed emerald live?
In the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, near bogs and ponds.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Dorocordulia libera
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Corduliidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Corduliidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Dorocordulia libera (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 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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