Species Cordulegaster dorsalis - Pacific Spiketail

Classification

Pacific Spiketail - Cordulegaster dorsalis

Western Flying Adder - Cordulegaster dorsalis

Pacific Spiketail Dragonfly - Cordulegaster dorsalis - Cordulegaster dorsalis - female

Pacific Spiketail, Cordulegaster dorsalis, preys on wasp - Cordulegaster dorsalis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Family Cordulegastridae (Spiketails)

Genus Cordulegaster

Species dorsalis (Pacific Spiketail)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 5 February, 2005 - 5:13pm

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