Red Damsel | Sedge Sprite
Red Damsel - Amphiagrion sp.

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County Records
Red Damsel - Amphiagrion sp.

Size: 0.8 - 1.0 in.

Uncommon but expected statewide around small streams, seeps, and other wetlands. The insects collected in Iowa have been intermediate between the eastern A. saucium and the western A. abbreviatum.  More work is necessary to determine if ours are intergrades or perhaps a different species.

Species Status

Global: G5

State: S3

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Eastern Red Damsel - Amphiagrion saucium young male
young male

Eastern Red Damsel - Amphiagrion saucium (New Jersey)
Eastern Red Damsel (New Jersey)
FLIGHT SEASON
JAN FEB MAR
            
APR MAY JUN
            
JUL AUG SEP
            
OCT NOV DEC
            

Early Date: 5/18

Late Date: 8/22

Key to Flight Season Calendar
Rare
Abundance Scale
Abundant
 

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