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 internum
Montgomery
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
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Provincial Status:
CDC rank: S5
Common over most of the province, especially in the south; not known
from the coastal islands. Columbia-Kootenay
Distribution
Widespread in the region.
Global Distribution
Alaska east to Newfoundland; south to Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico
and California (Bick and Mauffray 2000). Faunal element: Transition
(see Appendix 2).
Biological information
S. internum lives in marshes and around ponds and slow streams.
It is tolerant of a wide range of conditions including shallow cattle-trodden
ponds, sphagnum bogs and sedge marshes. The species is often found
in very high numbers (Walker and Corbet 1975). Kootenay records
range from 29 June to 3 September, while the flight period in the
province as a whole is recorded from 14 June to 11 October (Cannings
and Stuart 1977, S.G. Cannings unpubl. data).
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