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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Spiketails (Cordulegastridae) » Cordulegaster » Tiger Spiketail (Cordulegaster erronea)
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Dragonfly near Peninsula OH - Cordulegaster erronea
Copyright © 2007 Nepeta

Dragonfly near Peninsula OH - Cordulegaster erronea
Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA
August 22, 2007
Seen in Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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Contributed by Nepeta on 23 August, 2007 - 8:17am
Last updated 15 September, 2007 - 8:30pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 15 September, 2007 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

Spiketail?
Thanks -- I had tentatively thought one of the spiketails as well (Tiger or Twin-Spotted). The Ohio Odonata list doesn't show a record for either species in this county as of 1999, but it's not out of the questio.
… Nepeta, 23 August, 2007 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

 
spiketails
Populations of Tiger Spiketails were discovered at several sites in NE Ohio in the past several years.
… Ben Coulter, 23 August, 2007 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

 
That confirmation helps. I'
That confirmation helps. I'm semi-sure it's a tiger, and not a twin-spotted; despite the lower resolution of my photo, the markings in the thorax region are a good match to the tiger, and don't really match the twin-spotted.
… Nepeta, 23 August, 2007 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
In my cursory look, I didn't notice the yellow marks between the wing frames previously, which should make this erronea.
… Ben Coulter, 23 August, 2007 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

Tiger Spiketail?
Looks rather like a Tiger Spiketail (Cordulegaster erronea) to my eye. But I can't really tell if the yellow rings are complete from this photo. The alternative would be a Twin-spotted (C. maculata).
… Ben Coulter, 23 August, 2007 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

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