Pied-spot

Hemistigma albipunctum · Order: Odonata · Family: Libellulidae

Also called: African Pied-spot

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Pied-spot
Photo: 116916927065934112165, CC BY

The Pied-spot dragonfly has a wingspan of about 53 mm and a slender build. Males show a blue bloom on the body and a black streak on the forewings, while females have brown spots on the wingtips. It lives in open marshes and swamps across many tropical African countries.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Females have brown spots on the wingtips.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

The wingspan measures about 53 mm and the insect is slender.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It prefers open marshes and swamps in tropical Africa.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Pied-spot photo 2
Photo: Sunčana Bradley, CC BY
Pied-spot photo 3
Photo: Matt Muir, CC BY
Pied-spot photo 4
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Pied-spot photo 5
Photo: Bruno - Yolande Zanette, CC BY

Same family (Libellulidae)

Blue DasherBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisEastern PondhawkEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisCommon WhitetailCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaWidow SkimmerWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaAutumn MeadowhawkAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinumCommon DarterCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemistigma_albipunctum

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

How this page works

This is one bug's fact sheet. The colored box at the top says whether it is dangerous. Sections below cover how to recognize it, whether it is a pest, and how to deal with it. The US map shows which states have records; tap a state to see other bugs there.

Every fact on Bug FAQ comes from a named source (university extension sites, government agencies, GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia). The source is linked next to each section. If we have no source for something, we leave it out.