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Harpoon Clubtail - Gomphus descriptus - female
Copyright © 2003 tom murray

Harpoon Clubtail - Gomphus descriptus - Female
Pittsburg, New Hampshire, USA
July 9, 2003
Size: 2"
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 May, 2005 - 7:44pm
Last updated 15 January, 2006 - 11:00pm

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I'm certain your specimen in not a Lilypad Clubtail; body shape wrong - not enough taper and S9 too short, thorax not yellow enough; yellow spot on S8 too big, flange on S9 yellow and not orange, terminal appendages look straight and pointed - they have a a curl in them in Lilypad and are yellow in NB specimens.
I think it's a Phanogomphus sp.
… Tony Thomas, 15 January, 2006 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Harpoon Clubtail?
When I identified this, I was just using Dunkle's book (1), but now that I compare it with the photos in Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts (2), the closest match is Harpoon Clubtail - G. descriptus. It has the green eyes, the abdomen and the club have the same lateral yellow marks, and the very tip between the terminal appendages is yellow, and I think I see the green streaks in the hind leg. Thanks for pointing that out, Tony.
… tom murray, 15 January, 2006 - 10:55pm login or register to post comments

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