Flight season: late May to mid-August.
Population: common.
Also encountered along the Moira River at Collin's Point, Drag Lake (west of Tweed),
and can often be seen cruising high in the air above the trans-Canada Trail
Length: about 65 mm to 70 mm,
males are similar to females.
The wing patterns of female and immature male Twelve-spotted Skimmers and female Common Whitetails
are superficially similar, however, these two species are shorter and much more robust than the Prince Baskettail.
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Vanderwater Conservation Area:
Moira River, rock-bottomed with fast flowing water, rapids and emergent rocks, but also quiet pools and backwaters.
The shoreline vegetation consists of wooded areas and clearings supporting tall grasses and wildflowers.
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Female Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
June 15, 2014
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Female Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps), subgenital plates
June 15, 2014
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East of Tweed, Ontario, along the trans-Canada Trail:
gneiss outcrops with shallow pockets of soil,
near a marsh supporting Cattails and sedges, bordered by alder and willow swamp.
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Teneral female Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
May 29, 2015
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East of Tweed, Ontario, along the trans-Canada Trail:
a large gneiss outcrop, exposed rock, some areas covered with thin soil supporting low drought tolerant grasses,
Blueberry, a few Oaks and White Pines.
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Immature male Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps) –
the eyes will turn blue-green with increasing age
(June 04, 2015).
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Tweed, Ontario, about ½ km west of town, a marsh bordering the trans-Canada Trail:
typical local marsh with Cattails, sedges and other emergent vegetation, various small willows, alders, dogwoods and some Tamarack.
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Mature male Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
June 30, 2016
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Tweed, Ontario, the north shore Stoco Lake, east of the boat pier:
marshy shoreline, relatively shallow water with mud bottom supporting sedges and rushes, pondweeds, Fragrant Water Lily, Blue Flag, Sagittaria spp and Pickerelweed.
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Images of a male Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps) patrolling its territory
(July 06, 2017).
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