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Recently emerged Grappletail 1 - Octogomphus specularis - male

Recently emerged Grappletail 1 - Octogomphus specularis - Male
Butano State Park, San Mateo County, California, USA
May 17, 2015
Detail of male terminalia (i.e. the "grappletail"). The beautiful pastel colors here are presumably ephemeral and will change somewhat as this teneral male ages and develops.

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