Flight season: early June to late August.
Population: uncommon. This dragonfly has also been sighted on the Skootamatta River
at the Price Conservation Area near Actinolite and at Storring's Bridge on Flinton Road.
A naiad was discovered in the Moira River near Collin's Point.
Length: about 70 mm. Cuisers have one pale lateral thoracic stripe,
and a pale facial stripe.
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East of Tweed, Ontario, near the intersection of Alexander Street and the trans-Canada Trail:
disturbed field supporting tall grasses and wildflowers, bordered by shrubs and trees with a sand and rock-bottomed creek to the east.
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Male Swift River Cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis)
June 14, 2011
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Tweed, Ontario, the Moira River, east of town near Collin's Point:
rock-bottomed river with fast flowing water, rapids and emergent rocks, the shoreline vegetation consists of wooded areas and clearings supporting tall grasses and wildflowers.
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Male Swift River Cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis) –
an aberrantly marked male with distinct yellow spots on S5 and S6
(June 16, 2016).
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