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Banded Pennant (Celithemis fasciata) by John Petranka

Compare with: Halloween Pennant
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Distribution

Essentially statewide. Undoubtedly occurs in all 100 counties, though not yet recorded from three counties.

Abundance

Fairly common to often common in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont; fairly common in most of the mountains, but certainly rare or absent at higher elevations.

Flight

Most of the flight season -- late April to late September, rarely into October. The mountain flight is barely shorter.

Habitat

As with other pennants, it breeds at ponds and lakes, typically ones that are fairly open, frequently at man-made ponds.

See also Habitat Account for General Pond Shorelines

Behavior

Males are most often seen along the margins of ponds, making short patrols out over the water. This species usually doesn't stray too far from the margins of ponds and lakes.

Comments

This is another of our numerous pennants, perhaps slightly less numerous than the Halloween Pennant, but nonetheless quite widespread in the state and not hard to find by walking around the margins of open ponds and lakes with some marshy or emergent vegetation along the shores. Oddly, Dunkle (2000) gives its abundance rangewide simply as "local", which implies some scarcity or difficulty in finding, which does not fit the case in NC.

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Species account update: LeGrand on 2023-01-16 14:15:25

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Photo Gallery for Banded Pennant 43 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.		Other NC Galleries: Jeff Pippen Will Cook Ted Wilcox
	Photo 1 by: Mark Shields Comment: Ashe, 2021-08-08, Ashe Park Pond, Jefferson		Photo 2 by: Harry LeGrand, Lori Arent Comment: Johnston; C, 2021-06-17, Howell Woods Preserve
	Photo 3 by: p dixon Comment: Madison, 2020-06-08, Hot Springs area		Photo 4 by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Comment: Hoke, 2020-05-14, Nicholson Creek Game Land
	Photo 5 by: Mark Shields Comment: Brunswick, 2019-06-26, Spring Lake Park, Boiling Spring Lakes		Photo 6 by: Ken Kneidel Comment: Mecklenburg, 2019-05-18
	Photo 7 by: Mark Shields, Hunter Phillips Comment: Carteret, 2019-05-07, Ponds along Patsy Pond Nature Trail, Croatan National Forest		Photo 8 by: Mark Shields Comment: Scotland, 2018-09-03, Scotland Lake, Sandhills Game Land
	Photo 9 by: A. Rawlings Comment: Gaston, 2018-07-23, Crowders Mountain State Park - female @ -81.290770, 35.210087		Photo 10 by: Mike Turner Comment: Forsyth, 2018-07-08, Winston Lake
	Photo 11 by: Mark Shields Comment: Pamlico, 2018-06-22, retention pond east of McDonald's on NC 55, Grantsboro - First record for county		Photo 12 by: Mark Shields Comment: Chowan, 2018-06-09, Edenton National Fish Hatchery
	Photo 13 by: Mark Shields Comment: Currituck, 2018-06-09, pond at Currituck Community Park near Maple		Photo 14 by: Aaron Edmonds Comment: Harnett; C, 2018-06-06, Flat Branch- Two males observed at the same location within twenty feet of each other. Each exhibiting similar behavior.
	Photo 15 by: Owen McConnell Comment: Granville, 2017-07-06, Holt Lake - male		Photo 16 by: Barbara McRae Comment: Macon, 2017-06-28, Franklin, Little Tennessee River, Greenway - perched on cattail, beaver pond
	Photo 17 by: Mark Shields Comment: Rutherford; P, 2017-06-02, Morse Park, Lake Lure		Photo 18 by: Conrad Wernett Comment: Carteret, 2017-04-30, - Single specimen photographed at Patsy Pond, Croatan National Forest
	Photo 19 by: Kevin Metcalf Comment: Mecklenburg, 2016-06-13, McDowell Nature Preserve - McDowell Prairie, near pond		Photo 20 by: Mark Shields Comment: Bladen, 2016-06-10, Jones Lake
	Photo 21 by: Mark Shields Comment: Brunswick, 2015-08-01, Boiling Spring Lakes - at North Lake Park		Photo 22 by: Mark Shields and Zoology lab class Comment: Onslow, 2015-07-27, Coastal Carolina Community College, Jacksonville - at retention ponds
	Photo 23 by: Conrad Wernett, Alyssa Wernett Comment: Richmond; C, 2015-06-14, - Too many to count around Scotland Lake.		Photo 24 by: Owen McConnell Comment: Orange, 2015-05-26, Ayr Mount - female
	Photo 25 by: Owen McConnell Comment: Graham, 2014-07-14, First pond on Buchanan Road - male		Photo 26 by: Conrad Wernett Comment: Jones, 2014-06-22, - Single male at Brocks Mill
	Photo 27 by: Carl Ganser Comment: Rockingham, 2014-06-14, Haw River State Park - male		Photo 28 by: John Petranka Comment: Orange, 2014-06-14, Occoneechee Mountain SNA (OCMO). Around margins of upper pond.
	Photo 29 by: Carl Ganser Comment: Anson, 2014-06-07, pond at Pee Dee NWR		Photo 30 by: Doug Johnston, Vin Stanton Comment: Graham, 2013-07-16, Lake Santeetlah north of Robbinsville - Male & Female