Iowa Species Detail

Flight Season

Early Date: June 2    Late Date: October 23

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

Description

Common and expected in all counties. Found around ponds and wetlands and occasionally along streams. Many adult males have a brilliant white face but some individuals must be identified by claspers and secondary genitalia

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 - 84 Counties

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