Yellow and black dragonflies, often seen flying along forested streams.

occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

Cordulegaster maculata (Cordulegaster maculata (N=3)) preys on:
Terrestrial invertebrates
Lumbriculidae

Based on studies in:
USA: North Carolina, Coweeta (River)

This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.

Females have an extended ovipositor (hence their common name, spike-tail), which they use to oviposit in muddy banks.

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Species: 26
Species With Barcodes: 1

This taxon has been recovered in in several molecular phylogenies within Cordulegastridae, which is sister to the non-cordulegastrid Libelluloidea (e.g., Ware et al., 2007; Letsch, unpublished; Bybee et al., 2008; Carle et al., 2008).

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure