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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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Common Sanddragon? - Ophiogomphus severus
Copyright © 2011 Dixie R. Smith

Common Sanddragon? - Ophiogomphus severus
Ft. Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
August 16, 2011
If ID is correct, this would be a county record not shown in Paulson (2009)

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Common Sanddragon? - Ophiogomphus severus Common Sanddragon? - Ophiogomphus severus
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Contributed by Dixie R. Smith on 16 August, 2011 - 12:44pm
Last updated 16 August, 2011 - 5:24pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ben Coulter, 16 August, 2011 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

Ophiogomphus
The side shot does seem to confirm O. severus.
… DeeDee, 16 August, 2011 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

 
I fully agree. Thank you.
I fully agree. Thank you.
… Dixie R. Smith, 16 August, 2011 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

Snaketail
Look in Ophiogomphus. If you have another photo or two with different angles, especially a side shot, that may help someone make a positive id for you. Looking at the range maps shows Pale Snaketail as the most likely in your area.
… DeeDee, 16 August, 2011 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

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