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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Pond Clubtails (Arigomphus) » Unicorn Clubtail (Arigomphus villosipes)
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larva of...? - Arigomphus villosipes
Copyright © 2010 Molly Jacobson

larva of...? - Arigomphus villosipes
Great Brook Farm State Park, Carlisle, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 30, 2010
probable newly molted unicorn clubtail:

Adult unicorn clubtail:
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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 1 July, 2010 - 5:45pm
Last updated 28 November, 2010 - 10:10am

Moved
Moved from Pond Clubtails.

Based on the fact that the Unicorn Clubtail is common at that pond, and I've never seen any other similar species there.
… Molly Jacobson, 28 November, 2010 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Molly Jacobson, 7 July, 2010 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

I also think Argiogomphus
There aren't all that many dragonflies with that elongate abdomen in the area where this was photographed, and it doesn't have the lateral spines that would make it a Dromogomphus, so Argiogomphus is most likely. A. furcifer and A. villosipes are both in that area, and furcifer has black tibiae, so it's probably villosipes.
… C. L. Goforth, 3 July, 2010 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

Gomphid
And without keying it out (may be a bit dirty to do so), I suspect Arigomphus.
… Jason Forbes, 1 July, 2010 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

you better stick to the term 'naiad' you properly use for odes
:)
… v belov, 1 July, 2010 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

 
so
does "naiad" refer to any underwater insect larva?
… Molly Jacobson, 1 July, 2010 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

 
i think it's more or less restricted to odes these days
at least(1) mentions the term only in the Odonata chapter
… v belov, 1 July, 2010 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

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