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mystery dragonfly
Copyright © 2007 Dorothy E. Pugh

mystery dragonfly
Fort Fisher Basin Trail, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA
September 16, 2007
Size: Small, about 2 inches lon
It has the eyes (eyes touching but not widely connected) of a spiketail, the thorax patterns and "club" of a clubtail and the wing venation (both triangles and anal loop)of a skimmer. Yet it's a very common dragonfly where it showed up.
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Contributed by Dorothy E. Pugh on 19 September, 2007 - 1:21pm
Last updated 8 October, 2007 - 4:48pm

Least Clubtail
Maybe a Least Clubtail, size is right, looks like it has white cerci

Stylogomphus albistylus
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 19 September, 2007 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Setwing?
Clubtails have eyes well separated. This looks like it could be a Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox). Beaton mentions that the spots can fade with age.
… Jason Forbes, 19 September, 2007 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
It was a tough ID, especially without any abdomen markings. But this makes sense.
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 22 September, 2007 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

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