Summary ⁴

The Calico Pennant or Elisa Pennant (Celithemis elisa) is a dragonfly found in North America, in the Pennant genus of dragonflies.

Range description ⁵

This species occurs in five provinces in Canada and thirty six states in the United States of America.

Description ⁶

This dragonfly is 24 to 34 millimeters long, with a hindwing 25 to 30 millimeters long. It can be identified by the brown spots at the bases and tips of the wings. The pterostigma is yellow in younger individuals, and red in older. The face is yellow, turning red in older male specimens. The thorax is yellow-brown with a large dark stripe and several smaller brown stripes. The abdomen is dark with paler markings.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Matthew Hunt, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/13693939@N07/2623075172
2. (c) Dina Elmahdy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Dragonfly_ran-1018_Celithemis_elisa.jpg/460px-Dragonfly_ran-1018_Celithemis_elisa.jpg
3. Dina Elmahdy, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Libelle_5_db.jpg/460px-Libelle_5_db.jpg
4. Adapted by Allie Hay from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celithemis_elisa
5. Adapted by Allie Hay from a work by (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/30980875
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celithemis_elisa

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