white-faced meadowhawk
(Sympetrum obtrusum)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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| NatureServe | N5 - Secure SNR - Unranked |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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The legs are black. The leading wing veins are black. On juveniles the thorax is yellow without black markings. |
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Size |
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Total length: 1⅓″ |
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Habitat |
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Marshes, ponds, lakes, slow-moving streams, and occasionally bogs |
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Biology |
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Season |
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Mid-June to late October |
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Behavior |
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Life Cycle |
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Naiad Food |
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Adult Food |
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Small flying insects |
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Taxonomy |
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Order |
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) | ||
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Epiprocta | ||
| Infraorder | Anisoptera (dragonflies) | ||
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Cavilabiata | ||
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Libellulidae (skimmers) | ||
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Sympetrum (meadowhawks) | ||
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Common Names |
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white-faced meadowhawk |
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Slideshows |
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| White Faced Meadowhawk DianesDigitals |
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| White-faced Meadowhawk Andree Reno Sanborn |
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About
Sympetrum obtrusum |
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| Sympetrum obtrusum (White-faced Meadowhawk) Allen Chartier |
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| White-faced Meadowhawk Victor Fazio |
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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 |
Location: Woodbury, MN |
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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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