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title: "Striped Meadowhawk"
description: "Sympetrum pallipes — Insects & spiders. Sympetrum pallipes, the striped meadowhawk, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/striped-meadowhawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Striped Meadowhawk

> Sympetrum pallipes — Insects & spiders. Sympetrum pallipes, the striped meadowhawk, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae.

- Scientific name: *Sympetrum pallipes*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 7992
- Wikidata: [Q2793816](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2793816)
- iNaturalist taxon: [113521](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/113521)

## Names

- en: Striped Meadowhawk
- fr: Sympétrum rayé

## Countries with the most observations

US (4856), CA (947)

## Summary

Sympetrum pallipes, the striped meadowhawk, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in North America.
The IUCN conservation status of Sympetrum pallipes is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympetrum_pallipes

## Photo

![Striped Meadowhawk](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/striped-meadowhawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Steve Wells · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7531069

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/striped-meadowhawk?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).