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title: "Four-spotted Pennant"
description: "Brachymesia gravida — Owady i pająki. Brachymesia gravida, the four-spotted pennant, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/four-spotted-pennant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Four-spotted Pennant

> Brachymesia gravida — Owady i pająki. Brachymesia gravida, the four-spotted pennant, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae.

- Scientific name: *Brachymesia gravida*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 14718
- Wikidata: [Q4343852](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4343852)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68230](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68230)

## Names

- en: Four-spotted Pennant
- es: Rayadora de cuatro manchas

## Countries with the most observations

US (14460), MX (15), BS (6)

## Summary

Brachymesia gravida, the four-spotted pennant, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in North America.
The IUCN conservation status of Brachymesia gravida 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/Brachymesia_gravida

## Photo

![Four-spotted Pennant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/four-spotted-pennant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brady Reed · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130803017

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/four-spotted-pennant?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).