The Banded Pennant is a small, white dragonfly with a broad black basal hindwing patch and a powder-blue pruinose abdomen in males. It perches on the tips of plant stems and waves in the wind like a tiny pennant flag. It is found in coastal and inland wetlands primarily in the southern United States.
Habitat
Coastal marshes, ponds, and wetlands of the Southeast
Diet
Adults: small flying insects. Nymphs: aquatic invertebrates
How common
Uncommon
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