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.
Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea)
Weymouth Woods, Moore Co., NC
31 Mar 2016

Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea) Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea)
Sampson Co., NC
25 March 2007


Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea) Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea)
Scotland Co., NC
20 Apr 2008

Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea) Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea)
Weymouth Woods, Moore Co., NC
10 April 2004

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