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  Martha's Pennant
            Celithemis martha Williamson, 1922

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Range & Habitat:

Found on the coastal plain, mainly in the Pine Barrens.

Ponds and lakes, often with marshy edges.

 Martha's Pennant male dorsal 

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Description:

Males are blue-black with a single dark basal spot on the hindwing.

Females have a single basal spot on the hindwing and a row of yellow triangles down the abdomen.

Faded Pennant is similar but has reddish abdominal spots and has more amber in the wing spot.

 

 

Conservation Status:

State: S3S4 - Apparently secure but should be watched

Global: G4 - Apparently secure globally

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Flight season:

Early Date: 7/5
Late Date: 10/3

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Flight Season
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Number of Records
9 
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Months

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Date, distribution, and status data courtesy of Allen Barlow, NJOS
© 2006 Jim Bangma, NJOS  Comments or suggestions?  Use the Feedback Form