Species Sympetrum pallipes - Striped Meadowhawk

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season

Dragonfly wants to know who he is. - Sympetrum pallipes

striped meadowhawk - Sympetrum pallipes - male

Striped Meadowhawk emergence - Sympetrum pallipes

mating meadowhawks - Sympetrum pallipes - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Family Libellulidae (Skimmers)

Genus Sympetrum (Meadowhawks)

Species pallipes (Striped Meadowhawk)

Size

34-38 mm long

Identification

Vertical stripes on the side of the thorax, the stripe on the shoulders, the amber color on the wings, and the red and yellow stigmas. See Sonic.Net and scroll down to S. pallipes

Range

Western third of the US

Habitat

Ponds and Lakes

Season

April to November in California

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 4 September, 2004 - 5:06pm

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