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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Emeralds (Corduliidae) » Baskettails (Epitheca) » Slender Baskettail (Epitheca costalis)
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Spring Odie - Epitheca costalis
Copyright © 2007 Steve Scott

Spring Odie - Epitheca costalis
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
April 24, 2007
A lonely Odie patrolling my waterless yard. Made me think "Darner" but I can't locate anything that looks like it.
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 30 April, 2007 - 9:05pm
Last updated 16 August, 2007 - 5:06pm

Moved
Moved from Baskettails.
… Steve Scott, 16 August, 2007 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

Slender
Looks good for a male Slender Baskettail (Epitheca (Tetragoneuria) costalis) to me. The abdomen seems too thin and strongly constricted at S3 to be a Common Baskettail. The cerci also seem too long. I guess Spiny is also possible but would be very unusual in Wayne County.
… Nick Block, 16 August, 2007 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Nick.
… Steve Scott, 16 August, 2007 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

Baskettail
Epitheca sp.
… Jason Forbes, 30 April, 2007 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Jason. I'll move to genus level.
… Steve Scott, 30 April, 2007 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

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