Iowa Species Detail

Flight Season

Early Date: June 12    Late Date: October 18

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

Description

Mature males have a dark red face and orange wing veins but most are still extremely difficult to tell from the more common Ruby Meadowhawk. Uncommon to common statewide around wetlands and ponds.

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 - 61 Counties

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Recorded in These Counties
Allamakee	Black Hawk	Boone	Bremer	Buchanan
Butler	Calhoun	Carroll	Cedar	Cherokee
Clay	Clinton	Crawford	Davis	Des Moines
Dickinson	Emmet	Fayette	Greene	Grundy
Hamilton	Hancock	Harrison	Henry	Ida
Jasper	Johnson	Jones	Keokuk	Kossuth
Linn	Louisa	Lucas	Lyon	Madison
Mahaska	Marshall	Monona	Monroe	Muscatine
O'Brien	Osceola	Page	Palo Alto	Plymouth
Polk	Pottawattamie	Poweshiek	Ringgold	Sac
Scott	Story	Tama	Taylor	Union
Wapello	Warren	Washington	Wayne	Webster
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