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 pallipes
(Hagen)
Striped Meadowhawk
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Provincial Status:
CDC rank: S5
Common in the southern half of British Columbia. Columbia-Kootenay
Distribution
Scattered throughout the region. The present study did not find
it abundant in the Columbia region, but Cannings and Stuart (1977)
state that it is "perhaps the commonest Sympetrum"
in the Nelson area.
Global Distribution
British Columbia east to Saskatchewan and Minnesota, south to Texas,
Arizona and California (Bick and Mauffray 2000). Faunal element:
Western (see Appendix 2).
Biological information
S. pallipes usually develops in semi-permanent ponds (Cannings
and Stuart 1977). Columbia Basin records are 11 July to 3 September;
British Columbia flight records range from 6 June to 17 October
(Cannings and Stuart 1977).
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