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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Pygmy Clubtails (Lanthus) » Southern Pygmy Clubtail (Lanthus vernalis)
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Dragon with solid yellow Thorax - Lanthus vernalis
Copyright © 2007 John Wolff

Dragon with solid yellow Thorax - Lanthus vernalis
Ward Pound Ridge Preserve, Westchester County, New York, USA
June 17, 2007
Looks like a clubtail. Solid yellow side - no stripe

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Dragon with solid yellow Thorax - Lanthus vernalis Dragon with solid yellow Thorax - Lanthus vernalis
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Contributed by John Wolff on 20 June, 2007 - 5:05pm
Last updated 5 July, 2007 - 2:38pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 5 July, 2007 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

Southern Pygmy Clubtail
This is a female Southern Pygmy Clubtail, Lanthus vernalis.
… Ben Coulter, 20 June, 2007 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

Yes, the eyes look small enough
for this to be in Gomphidae. Don't know if someone can recognize it from a single lateral shot, but someone might. We, however, are not that good :(
… john and jane balaban, 20 June, 2007 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Dragon with solid yellow Thorax
Just added another photo that gives more of a face and shoulder view.

John
… John Wolff, 20 June, 2007 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

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