Calico Pennant
Celithemis elisa (Hagen, 1861)
Calico Pennant: https://marylandbiodiversity.org/species/714
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Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa) is a widely-distributed species found through much of eastern North America at pond or lake margins with vegetation, including pools in bogs. Like other species of Celithemis, it frequently perches at the tip of stalks of vegetation, with the wings blowing in the breeze like a tiny flag (Paulson, 2011). This is a widespread skimmer in Maryland, recorded from every county in the state (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).

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Celithemis elisa
male
female
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Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Celithemis
Species:
C. elisa
Binomial name
Celithemis elisa
(Hagen, 1861)

The calico pennant[1] (Celithemis elisa) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is native to eastern Canada and eastern United States.[1]

Description

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This dragonfly is 24 to 34 millimeters long, with a hindwing 25 to 30 millimeters long. It can be identified by the brown spots at the bases and tips of the wings. The pterostigma is yellow in younger individuals, and red in older. The face is yellow, turning red in older male specimens. The thorax is yellow-brown with a large dark stripe and several smaller brown stripes. The abdomen is dark with paler markings.[2]

Biology

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This species lives near calm water bodies surrounded by vegetation.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c NatureServe (1 September 2023). "Celithemis elisa". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Celithemis elisa. Odonata Central.


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