On 24 June 2020, we found a female Cardinal Meadowhawk. Erika and I strolled on the St Martin's University Campus, which contains some excellent storm retention ponds. Identification was cinched by the female flying in tandem with her mate. He guards her assiduously, since the first thing another male does is remove competitor’s sperm from a new mate's abdominal tip. Once mated, Cardinal Meadowhawks lay eggs in beds of low vegetation, exactly the habitat we saw our pair. According to Paulson (2009), females are infrequently observed, at least in comparison with other meadowhawks.
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