The Dragonflies
(Insecta: Odonata)
of the Columbia Basin, British Columbia:
Field Surveys, Collections Development and Public Education
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Return to Genus Sympetrum
Sympetrum danae
(Sulzer)
Black Meadowhawk
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Provincial Status:
CDC rank: S5
Common throughout the province. Columbia-Kootenay
Distribution
Widespread in the region.
Global Distribution
Alaska east to Labrador and Newfoundland; south to Kentucky, Michigan,
Iowa, Montana, New Mexico and California. It is also found in northern
Europe and Asia (Bick and Mauffray 2000, Walker and Corbet 1975).
Faunal element: Widespread, Boreal Holarctic (see Appendix
2).
Biological information
This species has a wide ecological tolerance and lives from mountain
peatlands to lowland marshes. Flight records in the Kootenays range
from 21 July to 19 October; dates in British Columbia are 14 June
to 22 October (Cannings and Stuart 1977, S.G. Cannings unpubl. data).
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