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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Snaketails (Ophiogomphus) » Riffle Snaketail (Ophiogomphus carolus)
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Boreal Snaketail Ophiogomphus colubrinus - Ophiogomphus carolus
Copyright © 2015 Pam Stewart

Boreal Snaketail Ophiogomphus colubrinus - Ophiogomphus carolus
Restigouche River 2km from the railway bridge to Matapedia Quebec , Adlington County, New Brunswick, Canada
July 6, 2015
landed on kayak while on Restigouche River
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Contributed by Pam Stewart on 7 July, 2015 - 6:07pm
Last updated 12 August, 2018 - 6:44pm

Moved to Ophiogomphus carolus
Moved from Snaketails.

I agree with the suggestion of Riffle Snaketail - nice flared yellow dot on segment 9.
… Ken Allison, 12 August, 2018 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Clubtails.
… John F. Carr, 5 January, 2017 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 21 July, 2015 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

Boreal Snaketail?
It is a Snaketail. With those T shaped spots on the top of the abdomen, it looks like Ophiogomphus colibrinus
… Dan Jackson, 8 July, 2015 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

 
I might suggest O. carolus, I
I might suggest O. carolus, I think the lower clasper has a square notch in it, where colubrinus would have a long narrow gap.
… Brenda Van Ryswyk, 5 January, 2017 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

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