Striped Meadowhawk Dragonfly Images

Striped Meadowhawk Dragonfly Images, Facts and Information:

Sympetrum pallipes

• Striped Meadowhawk is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. They are found in North America. Mature males are mostly red while immature males and females are greenish yellow to olive green. All are marked on each side of the thorax with a pair of diagonal yellowish stripes. The wings are clear but may occasionally be clouded with yellow where they attach to the body. The legs may appear yellow and have black spines.
• Striped Meadowhawk dragonflies are found from British Columbia east to Alberta, extending south into the U.S. to California east to Texas.
• Striped Meadowhawks prefer habitats that include shallow, temporarily flooded marshes, ponds, and lakes, as well as fens, bogs and vegetated streams

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