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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Spiketails (Cordulegastridae) » Cordulegaster » Twin-Spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster maculata)
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Twin-spotted Spiketail - Cordulegaster maculata
Copyright © 2016 Molly Jacobson

Twin-spotted Spiketail - Cordulegaster maculata
Chesley Brook, Durham, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
February 3, 2016
Size: 1.25 in
ID'd by Don Chandler in the field. It kept lunging its labium at us aggressively, I tried to get some photos but could never time it quite right- still, fun to watch!

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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 4 February, 2016 - 5:42pm
Last updated 8 February, 2016 - 12:59pm

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