Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies

Striped Meadowhawk

Sympetrum pallipes

Hagen, 1874

The Striped Meadowhawk is a brownish western species with two or three whitish stripes on each side of the thorax. The abdomen in mature males is reddish. Females and young males have brownish-yellow abdomens. Both sexes have some black on the sides and underside of the abdomen.

This is another uncommon western species, like Red-veined Meadowhawk, just reaching western Nebraska but more common than Red-veined. It is often locally abundant in counties where found and is a typical meadowhawk of slow, almost stagnant, streams, ponds, and marshy areas.

Green indicates accepted county record (specimen or photograph).
Yellow indicates sight record only.