Striped Meadowhawk
Sympetrum pallipes
Native
Status: Rare
Status: Rare
Size: medium
Length - 34 - 38 mm
Wing span - 56 - 62 mm
Eye color - male: rusty red female: tangerine red
Face color - pale
Thorax color - light stripes on top of reddish brown thorax in males; female base color is golden
Abdomen color - male: red above black below; female: golden above black below
Stigma color - red
Wing color - clear with one rusty or golden vein, velvety spots at junction with thorax
Habitat - ponds, lakes, grassland
Behavior - tandem oviposit
Flight period - April - November
Range - British Columbia east to Alberta, extending south into the U.S. to California except southern California then east to Texas.
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