Iowa Species Detail

Flight Season

Early Date: April 6    Late Date: August 17

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

Description

Body is brown with yellow lateral stripes. Some individuals have a spot at the base of the hind wing but this is variable in individuals. Common statewide around lakes and ponds where it is often seen patrolling for hours. In the southern half of the state, be aware of the similar Stripe-winged Baskettail as well as intergrades.

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:  S4      Global Status:  G5

Geographic Distribution - 96 Counties

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