Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies

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Tawny Pennant

Brachymesia herbida

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Skimmers Libellulidae Family
Tawny Pennant Brachymesia herbida Calico Pennant Celithemis elisa Halloween Pennant Celithemis eponina Eastern Pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis Hudsonian Whiteface Leucorrhinia hudsonica Dot-tailed Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta Golden-winged Skimmer Libellula auripennis Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa Twelve-spotted Skimmer Libellula pulchella Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera To report a new county record: Record Form	Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia Desert Whitetail Plathemis subornata Blue-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum ambiguum Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum costiferum Cherry-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum internum Red-veined Meadowhawk Sympetrum madidum White-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum obtrusum Western Meadowhawk Sympetrum occidentale fasciatum Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes Ruby Meadowhawk Sympetrum rubicundulum Autumn Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata Red Saddlebags Tramea onusta	The Tawny Pennant is all-over brown with yellow spots on the sides of the abdomen. The wings are tinted brown but have no spots. The only record of this species in Nebraska is a specimen which dates from 1914 in the State Museum in Lincoln.
		Tawny Pennant
		Size: 43-46 mm (1.7-1.8 in) Habitat: ponds, lakes and slow rivers Great Plains Range: TX, NE(?) Flight season: ?
		Blue indicates record in Beckemeyer database. Green indicates record in Sibley database. Yellow indicates sight or photographic record.

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