Variable Wisp

Agriocnemis femina · Order: Odonata · Family: Coenagrionidae

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Variable Wisp
Photo: gbohne, CC BY-SA

The Variable Wisp is a small damselfly that lives around pools and stagnant water. Mature males show a white, powdery coating on their bodies and have dark tails. It occurs from India through Southeast Asia to Pacific islands.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a small damselfly.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives near pools and stagnant water.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its range extends from India through Southeast Asia to Pacific islands.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Coenagrionidae)

Eastern ForktailEastern ForktailIschnura verticalisBlue-tailed DamselflyBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansFragile ForktailFragile ForktailIschnura positaAzure DamselflyAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaFamiliar BluetFamiliar BluetEnallagma civileCommon Blue DamselflyCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum

Sources

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

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

Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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.