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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Snaketails (Ophiogomphus) » Pale Snaketail (Ophiogomphus severus)
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Dragonfly - Ophiogomphus severus - male
Copyright © 2017 Chris Kotzer

Dragonfly - Ophiogomphus severus - Male
Moses Lake, Grant County, Washington, USA
June 21, 2016
Found by lake in a sagebrush desert at Columbia Wildlife Refuge. What kind?
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Contributed by Chris Kotzer on 11 October, 2017 - 3:46pm
Last updated 12 August, 2018 - 6:18pm

Moved to Ophiogomphus severus
Moved from Snaketails.

Identification looks fine.
… Ken Allison, 12 August, 2018 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… William Edwards, 23 October, 2017 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

Looks like male Pale Snaketail
Ophiogomphus severus
Images here.
… cwmelton, 11 October, 2017 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Yes, looks just like one. Would be a data point for WA.
… Chris Kotzer, 11 October, 2017 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

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