Iowa Species Detail

Flight Season

Early Date: June 13    Late Date: October 6

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

Description

This rubyspot is darker and slightly longer than its more common cousin. It is currently considered uncommon to rare in the state but new sites are being found annually. It is certainly not as numerous as American Rubyspot and tends to be found along more remote stretches of streams.

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:  S3      Global Status:  G5

Geographic Distribution - 42 Counties

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Recorded in These Counties
Adair	Appanoose	Black Hawk	Calhoun	Cherokee
Clinton	Crawford	Dallas	Davis	Decatur
Delaware	Dubuque	Greene	Grundy	Guthrie
Hardin	Henry	Iowa	Jackson	Jasper
Jefferson	Johnson	Jones	Keokuk	Linn
Louisa	Lucas	Madison	Mahaska	Monroe
Muscatine	Page	Polk	Poweshiek	Sac
Scott	Story	Taylor	Wapello	Warren
Washington	Wayne