Found locally in the coastal plain, usually farther inland than Needham's Skimmer.
Flight season charts created from records in the official database maintained by Allen Barlow.
Very similar to Needham's Skimmer, but duller, with more orange in the wings. The anterior stripe on the thorax is nearly straight. The entire costa vein is pale (inner half dark on Needham's), and the lower rear leg is black (brown in Needham's).
The NJDEP's Natural Heritage Program classifies and tracks rare species of odonates in New Jersey to help prioritize conservation efforts and NJOS strongly supports their efforts. They use standardized state and global rankings that were developed by the Nature Conservancy and NatureServe. See below for the full definition of the ranks that are used in this site.
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Following are the State element ranks used in tracking NJ odes (and other organisms as well). Click here for the Global ranks which are also displayed in our database.
NJOS note: Definitions for element ranks are after The Nature Conservancy (1982: Chapter 4, 4.1-1 through 4.4.1.3-3).