white-faced meadowhawk
(Sympetrum obtrusum)
| Conservation Status | IUCN Red List |
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N5 - Secure SNR - Unranked |
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Minnesota |
not listed |
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| Occurrence | Common |
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| Flight/Season | Mid-June to late October |
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| Habitat | Marshes, ponds, lakes, slow-moving streams, and occasionally bogs |
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| Size | Total Length: 1⅓″ |
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| Identification | The legs are black. The leading wing veins are black. On juveniles the thorax is yellow without black markings. |
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| Adult Food | Small flying insects |
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| Taxonomy | Order: |
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) |
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Epiprocta |
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Anisoptera (dragonflies) |
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Cavilabiata |
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Libellulidae (skimmers) |
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| Common Names |
white-faced meadowhawk |
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| White-faced Meadowhawk Andree Reno Sanborn |
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| Sympetrum obtrusum (White-faced Meadowhawk) Allen Chartier |
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| White-faced Meadowhawk (Libellulidae: Sympetrum obtrusum) Female on Leaf Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Aug 21, 2010 Photographed at the Rydell NWR, Minnesota (20 August 2010). Go here to see a wonderful photograph of a mating pair of White-faced Meadowhawks: http://www.botany.wisc.edu/spalding/naturephotos/botanygarden/whtfacemeadohwk2.htm |
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| White-faced Meadowhawk Ronald Pabon |
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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011 Common Name: White-faced Meadowhawk Canon 60d Music: Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker, Op. 71 (Act II, Tableau 3, Pas de deux, b. Variation I) |
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| White-faced Meadowhawk (Libellulidae: Sympetrum obtrusum) Male on Grassblade Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2010 Photographed at the Rydell NWR, Minnesota (20 August 2010). Go here to watch a 6-minute video that tells about how Kurt Mead is helping others to learn more about Minnesota's Dragonflies : http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/nongame/videos/dragonflies.html |
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| White-faced Meadowhawk (Libellulidae: Sympetrum obtrusum) Female Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Jul 21, 2009 Photographed at Turtle River State Park, North Dakota (20 July 2009). |
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| White-faced Meadowhawk (Libellulidae: Sympetrum obtrusum) on Leaf Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Aug 19, 2009 Photographed at the Rydell NWR, Minnesota (18 August 2009). |
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| Alfredo Colon 10/16/2019 |
Location: Woodbury, MN |
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| Alfredo Colon 7/31/2018 |
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| Helen August 2014 |
Location: Northfield MN I've been seeing lots of these, both male and female, in my garden and have been trying to identify them. Also seen recently: hemaris thysbe and hemaris diffinis, plus a number of beautiful ebony jewelwings in the Carleton College arboretum. Thank you for your helpful photos and website! |
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