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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Gomphurus » Midland Clubtail (Gomphurus fraternus)
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Clubtail dagonfly - Gomphurus fraternus
Copyright © 2016 Dan Davison

Clubtail dagonfly - Gomphurus fraternus
Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA
May 30, 2016
Size: 85mm?
Found this dragonfly in a weedy field at the top of a ridge late in the day. It would rest low to the ground unlike the other dragonflies. Looks like a clubtail but which one?

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Contributed by Dan Davison on 30 May, 2016 - 6:10pm
Last updated 10 June, 2016 - 3:17pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 10 June, 2016 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

Midland clubtail
max. length 55mm
… Larry de March, 30 May, 2016 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

 
size
Sounds right for the body length I tend to overestimate when I look at the wings.
… Dan Davison, 30 May, 2016 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

 
wing length
you didn't say that's what you estimated. I find body length far more useful.
… Larry de March, 30 May, 2016 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Body length
I agree when I can see the body fully. I think the wing length influenced my estimate of its body length and I overestimated! Sorry ...
… Dan Davison, 30 May, 2016 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

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