A Red-veined Meadowhawk

Red-veined Meadowhawk

Sympetrum madidum

Native
Status: Uncommon

Size: medium

Length - 40 - 45  mm

Wing span - 60 - 68  mm

Eye color - male:  female: 

Face color - male: dark red,  female: dull yellow

Thorax color - male: red stripes female: tawny 

Abdomen color - male: dark red, blackish spots on top of segments 8-9, dark below, female: tan 

Stigma color - dark red 

Leg color - black 

Markings - red wing “stripe” to dark red stigma

Habitat - ponds, marshes, lakes

Behavior - perches with wings often held down and forward

Flight period - April - September

Range - local in parts of Northwest Territories of Canada east to Manitoba, extending south into the U.S. to central California, Idaho, and Montana.

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