Iowa Species Detail

Flight Season

Early Date: May 27    Late Date: October 7

Rare							Abundant
FLIGHT SEASON
JAN				FEB				MAR
APR				MAY				JUN
JUL				AUG				SEP
OCT				NOV				DEC

Description

Common throughout most of the state at ponds and lakes; less common in the south.

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 - 89 Counties

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Recorded in These Counties
Adair	Adams	Allamakee	Audubon	Benton
Black Hawk	Boone	Bremer	Buchanan	Buena Vista
Butler	Calhoun	Carroll	Cass	Cerro Gordo
Cherokee	Chickasaw	Clarke	Clay	Clayton
Clinton	Crawford	Dallas	Davis	Delaware
Des Moines	Dickinson	Dubuque	Emmet	Fayette
Floyd	Franklin	Greene	Guthrie	Hamilton
Hancock	Hardin	Harrison	Henry	Howard
Humboldt	Ida	Iowa	Jackson	Jasper
Johnson	Jones	Keokuk	Kossuth	Lee
Linn	Louisa	Lucas	Lyon	Madison
Mahaska	Marshall	Mills	Mitchell	Monona
Monroe	Montgomery	Muscatine	O'Brien	Osceola
Palo Alto	Plymouth	Pocahontas	Polk	Pottawattamie
Poweshiek	Ringgold	Sac	Scott	Shelby
Sioux	Story	Tama	Taylor	Union
Van Buren	Warren	Washington	Webster	Winnebago
Winneshiek	Woodbury	Worth	Wright