Celithemis fasciata

Taxobox
name = Banded Pennant

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Odonata
familia = Libellulidae
genus = "Celithemis"
species = fasciata
binomial = Celithemis fasciata
binomial_authority = Kirby, 1889

The Banded Pennant, "Celithemis fasciata", is a dragonfly found in North America, in the Pennant genus of dragonflies. The extensive, sharply defined black markings on its wings are distinctive, though the pattern varies considerably; individuals from the northern part of its range tend to have less wing coloration.cite book | last = Dunkle | first = Sidney W. | year = 2000 | title = Dragonflies through Binoculars | location = New York | publisher = Oxford University Press | id = ISBN 0-19-511268-7 | pages=233 ]

It is small, being about 1 3/8 inches. It lives around ponds, lakes and sand bottom lakes ditches.

References

External links

* [http://stri.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Celithemis+fasciata#male%20top%20thumbnail,%20Digital%20Dragonfly%20Museum Photo Gallery]
* [http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/dfly/usa/342.htm Celithemis fasciata] at USGS