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Cordulegaster dorsalis? - Phanogomphus kurilis
Copyright © 2007 Wendy 10

Cordulegaster dorsalis? - Phanogomphus kurilis
Fairfax, Marin County, California, USA
May 18, 2007
Size: About 2 1/2 inches?
Perched on the ground by reservoir. Book says they perch by hanging and yellow marking on segments towards head are narrower than pictures in books I have.
Contributed by Wendy 10 on 18 May, 2007 - 10:13pm
Last updated 22 July, 2007 - 11:14pm

Moved
Moved from Clubtails.
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2007 - 11:14pm

Pacific Clubtail
Looks like a Pacific Clubtail to me, too. Nothing else in Marin County looks like this, anyway. Olive Clubtail shouldn't be in the same area.
… Nick Block, 21 July, 2007 - 3:50pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 2 June, 2007 - 9:22am

Clubtail
The eyes look quite far apart on the head, which would make it a clubtail. I don't know western ones at all, but I'd guess Pacific.

Can you crop the image down a bit more? There's a lot of extra vegetation in there and I'm having a hard time actually seeing the insect.
… Jason Forbes, 19 May, 2007 - 6:33am

 
cropped
Sorry it took a while. I needed to get someone to show me how to do that. I've posted a new cropped one.
… Wendy 10, 27 May, 2007 - 11:27pm

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