Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies

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Striped Meadowhawk

Sympetrum pallipes

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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 Striped Meadowhawk is a brownish western species with two or three whitish stripes on each side of the thorax. The abdomen in mature males is reddish. Females and young males have brownish-yellow abdomens. Both sexes have some black on the sides and underside of the abdomen.
		Newly emerged Striped Meadowhawk
		Size: 34-38 mm (1.3-1.5 in) Habitat: ponds and vegetated streams Great Plains Range: NE, SD, ND, NM, CO, WY, MT Flight season: June to September
		Blue indicates record in Beckemeyer database. Green indicates record in Sibley database. Yellow indicates sight or photographic record.

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