Blue-faced Meadowhawk | Variegated Meadowhawk | Saffron-winged Meadowhawk
Black Meadowhawk | Cherry-faced Meadowhawk | White-faced Meadowhawk
Western Meadowhawk | Ruby Meadowhawk | Autumn Meadowhawk
White-faced Meadowhawk - Sympetrum obtrusum

Click map to enlarge

County Records
White-faced Meadowhawk - Sympetrum obtrusum male dorsal

Size: 1.3 in.

Common and expected in all counties. Found around ponds and wetlands and occasionally along streams. Many adult males have a brilliant white face but some individuals must be identified by claspers and secondary genitalia.

Species Status

Global: G5

State: S5

Click thumbnails to enlarge

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

Early Date: 6/2

Late Date: 10/23

Key to Flight Season Calendar
Rare
Abundance Scale
Abundant
 

© 2005 Iowa Odonata Survey Best Viewed at 1024 X 768 Contact Us