Iowa Species Detail

Flight Season

Early Date: May 29    Late Date: September 15

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

Description

Look for the green eyes and brown spots on the wings. However, some individuals have reduced spots as shown in this photo. This dragonfly seems to be on constant patrol around water. Common throughout the state at lakes and large ponds. Also found along the Mississippi River.

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 - 91 Counties

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Recorded in These Counties
Adair	Adams	Allamakee	Appanoose	Audubon
Benton	Black Hawk	Boone	Bremer	Buchanan
Buena Vista	Butler	Calhoun	Carroll	Cass
Cedar	Cerro Gordo	Cherokee	Clarke	Clayton
Clinton	Crawford	Dallas	Davis	Decatur
Delaware	Des Moines	Dickinson	Dubuque	Fayette
Floyd	Franklin	Fremont	Greene	Grundy
Guthrie	Hamilton	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
Polk	Pottawattamie	Poweshiek	Ringgold	Sac
Scott	Shelby	Sioux	Story	Tama
Taylor	Union	Van Buren	Wapello	Warren
Washington	Wayne	Webster	Winneshiek	Woodbury
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