The brightly colored Blue-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum ambiguum) ranges through much of the south, northwards into the Mid-Atlantic region. This dragonfly tends to prefer ponds, including vernal pools and slower sections of creeks, and is strongly associated with forested habitats (Paulson, 2011). Blue-faced Meadowhawk is fairly common in Maryland (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia), and has been recorded from a wide range of counties, primarily from the coastal plain and Piedmont regions. It can sometimes be sporadic in occurrence, and is ranked as S3 (watch list species).
There are 218 records in the project database.
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