Iowa Species Detail

Flight Season

Early Date: May 22    Late Date: September 30

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

Description

This perky blue-bodied odonate has green eyes and a white face. The thorax is striped black and yellow and the wings frequently have a smoky wash to them. The female has a series of yellow dashes on the top of the abdomen. This dragonfly is often seen in the obelisk position. It is common throughout the state in marshes and around ponds and small lakes.

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 - 96 Counties

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Recorded in These Counties
Adair	Adams	Allamakee	Appanoose	Audubon
Benton	Black Hawk	Boone	Bremer	Buchanan
Buena Vista	Butler	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	Madison	Mahaska
Marion	Marshall	Mills	Mitchell	Monona
Monroe	Montgomery	Muscatine	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	Worth
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