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Blue-faced Meadowhawk - Sympetrum ambiguum

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County Records
Blue-faced Meadowhawk - Sympetrum ambiguum male lateral

Size: 1.4 in.

Forehead is blue or green. Extremely rare. Recently found in the flood plain of the Cedar River in Muscatine County and around old oxbows of the Chariton River in Wayne and Lucas Counties.  This meadowhawk prefers more shaded and wooded areas than some of the other species.

Species Status

Global: G5

State: S1

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Blue-faced Meadowhawk - Sympetrum ambiguum female lateral
female lateral

Blue-faced Meadowhawk - Sympetrum ambiguum pair
pair
FLIGHT SEASON
JAN FEB MAR
            
APR MAY JUN
            
JUL AUG SEP
            
OCT NOV DEC
            

Early Date: 6/28

Late Date: 10/6

Key to Flight Season Calendar
Rare
Abundance Scale
Abundant
 

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