Halloween pennant
The Halloween pennant is a dragonfly with orange-yellow wings and dark brown bands, just like Halloween colours. It loves to sit on the very tip of a tall grass or twig. There it sways in the wind like a little flag, which is what a pennant is.
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Fun facts
It can fly even in rain and strong wind.
On hot days it shades its body with its own wings, like a little sun umbrella.
When it finds a perch it likes, it comes back to the same spot again and again.
In Cuba and the Bahamas you can see it all year, but further north only in summer.
Most asked questions about Halloween pennant
?Why is it called the Halloween pennant?
Its orange and brown wings look like Halloween colours, and it flutters on plant tips like a flag.
?Is the Halloween pennant dangerous?
No. It is a harmless dragonfly that eats other insects.
?How big is a Halloween pennant?
About 38 to 42 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Celithemis eponina
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Halloween pennant (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 Richard Stovall. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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