Flight season: late May to mid-July.
Population: common, with the majority of encounters occurring in this area, and some along the Moira River.
This dragonfly forages low along the trail or in the vegetation bordering it, and is often seen flying with Springtime Darners.
Length: about 55 mm to 60 mm. Cruisers have one pale lateral thoracic stripe,
and a pale facial stripe.
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Tweed, Ontario, near a sand-bottomed woodland stream east of town along trans-Canada Trail:
small sand bottomed creek as well as some standing or slowly moving water in shady forested areas.
Sunlit open spaces are created by the trail. The lagoon is located not far to the north.
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Male Stream Cruiser (Didymops transversa)
May 30, 2011
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A male Stream Cruiser (Didymops transversa) and an image of its pale claspers
(May 25, 2011).
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Female Stream Cruiser (Didymops transversa)
May 24, 2011
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Female Stream Cruiser (Didymops transversa)
May 24, 2011
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Stream Cruiser (Didymops transversa), wheel
June 11, 2011
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