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Black-Shouldered Spinyleg - Dromogomphus spinosus - male
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Black-Shouldered Spinyleg - Dromogomphus spinosus - Male
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
This clubtail was hanging out on a sandbar, chasing after the butterflies that came to sip water there. This appears to be a male--it has a clubbed tail, though it is not that large a club. The illustration in Dunkle, Dragonflies Through Binoculars show the female with virtually no club on the tail.

Date TBA--PC. (Date was possibly 7/10/93--cf field notes to photos.)
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Contributed by Cotinis on 27 December, 2004 - 10:30pm
Last updated 6 January, 2005 - 4:29pm

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