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River Jewelwing - Calopteryx aequabilis



Flight Season

Early Date: June 2    Late Date: September 6
Rare Abundance Scale Abundant
FLIGHT SEASON
JAN FEB MAR
                       
APR MAY JUN
                       
JUL AUG SEP
                       
OCT NOV DEC
                       

Description

Found along streams in the northern half of the state. In flight this damselfly looks like four dots dancing on the water (see photo).

Size

Although some species show a bit of variation in size, the following graphic will give you a general feeling for the normal size of this species.

State Status:  S5      Global Status:  G5


Geographic Distribution - 53 Counties

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Recorded in These Counties
Benton Black Hawk Bremer Buchanan Buena Vista
Butler Calhoun Carroll Cedar Cerro Gordo
Cherokee Chickasaw Clay Clayton Clinton
Crawford Delaware Dickinson Dubuque Emmet
Fayette Floyd Franklin Greene Grundy
Hamilton Hancock Hardin Howard Humboldt
Ida Johnson Jones Kossuth Linn
Lyon Marshall Mitchell O'Brien Osceola
Palo Alto Plymouth Pocahontas Polk Sac
Sioux Story Tama Webster Winnebago
Winneshiek Worth Wright