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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Phanogomphus » Lancet Clubtail (Phanogomphus exilis)
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Dragonfly - Phanogomphus exilis - female
Copyright © 2007 Bill Johnson

Dragonfly - Phanogomphus exilis - Female
Deep Portage Preserve, Hackensack, MN., Cass County, Minnesota, USA
June 17, 2007
Another tough, distracting, background, but is this a type of Clubtail?
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 27 June, 2007 - 7:36pm
Last updated 31 July, 2007 - 8:37am

Moved
Moved from Clubtails. Are these (this and 122204) images of the same individual? If so, we can link them together.
… john and jane balaban, 31 July, 2007 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

Lancet
I agree that this is a Lancet Clubtail. Yellow dorsally on S8-10 and frontal thoracic pattern support this ID.
… Nick Block, 30 July, 2007 - 11:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 28 July, 2007 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

Definitely a Clubtail
I believe this is a female Lancet Clubtail (Gomphus exilis)

You can tell it's female by the thicker abdomen an a lack of any club. The arrow-shaped markings on all segments which become smaller as they move toward the cerci and yellow on S-10 indicate Lancet. Also, the lance shaped marking on S-8 is apparent. I'm not familiar with all species of your state but I believe Lancet is common there.

Michelle St.Sauveur
Coventry, RI
… Michelle Lynn St.Sauveur, 28 June, 2007 - 4:31am login or register to post comments

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