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Dot-winged Baskettail

Epitheca (Tetragoneuria) petechialis

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The Dot-winged Baskettail is very similar to the Stripe-winged Baskettail. It is brown with yellow spots on the side of the abdomen. The Dot-winged may or may not have small brown spots along the front of the wings. (It may or may not actually be a separate species from the Stripe-winged.)

Dot-winged Baskettail
Dot-winged Baskettail
Dot-winged Baskettail map

Blue indicates record in Beckemeyer database.
Green indicates record in Sibley database.
Yellow indicates sight or photographic record.


Size: 38-43 mm (1.5-1.7 in)

Habitat: lakes, ponds and slow streams

Great Plains Range: TX, OK, KS, NE, SD, CO, MO, IA, MN

Flight season: May to August



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