Mantled Baskettail(Epitheca semiaquea)

In NC, this species flies only in the springtime, mainly in the coastal plain and sandhills. They can be common where they occur and they can be seen perching obliquely on stems as shown below.

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Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea) Weymouth Woods, Moore Co., NC 31 Mar 2016
Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea)Weymouth Woods, Moore Co., NC31 Mar 2016
Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea)
Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea)Sampson Co., NC25 March 2007
Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea)
Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea)Scotland Co., NC20 Apr 2008
Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea)
Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea)Weymouth Woods, Moore Co., NC10 April 2004

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