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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Petaltails (Petaluridae) » Tachopteryx » Gray Petaltail (Tachopteryx thoreyi)

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Copyright © 2006 Robert Overbeck

Tachopteryx thoreyi? - Tachopteryx thoreyi -

Doodletown, Rockland County, New York, USA
June 13, 2006
Size: Pretty big

Could this be a Gray Petaltail? Unfortunately I was photographing birds with a 600 and couldn't get closer than 18 feet.

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Contributed by Robert Overbeck on 17 June, 2006 - 9:28pm
Last updated 17 June, 2006 - 10:34pm

Link to guide page

Good find, only the thired for BugGuide to date. Guide page is here.

… Cotinis, 17 June, 2006 - 10:20pm

Guide Petaltail

Thanks Patrick. I did see the ones in the guide, but wasn't sure because of the color differences.

… Robert Overbeck, 17 June, 2006 - 10:24pm

I believe your ID is correct

It appears to be a female. Compare with our image here. For us T. thoreyi is always an exciting find!

Gayle

… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 17 June, 2006 - 10:08pm

Gray Petaltail

Thanks for the id, for me an exiting find too. I notice that compared to your image and the ones in the guide, this one's light areas appear creamier.

… Robert Overbeck, 17 June, 2006 - 10:21pm

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