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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Spinylegs (Dromogomphus) » Black-shouldered Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spinosus)
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Arrowhead spiketail? No idea cant seem to identify - Dromogomphus spinosus
Copyright © 2016 ©Lisa Foster Photography

Arrowhead spiketail? No idea cant seem to identify - Dromogomphus spinosus
McLean, Virginia, USA
June 8, 2016
I think this is the arrowhead spiketail but i CANNOT tell

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Arrowhead spiketail? No idea cant seem to identify - Dromogomphus spinosus Arrowhead spiketail? No idea cant seem to identify - Dromogomphus spinosus
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Contributed by lfosterphoto11 on 30 June, 2016 - 8:15pm
Last updated 9 August, 2018 - 6:39pm

Moved
Moved from Clubtails.
… William Edwards, 9 August, 2018 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

We think the problem is that you moved one image
to Dromogomphus. Ken found the other in Odonata and moved it to Gomphids and dragged yours along with it. Sometimes the images don't travel together and that confuses things.
… john and jane balaban, 9 August, 2018 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Moved Images
Sorry about that!
I corrected the problem hopefully.
… William Edwards, 9 August, 2018 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry!
I didn't realize I had moved your image from Dromogomphus, William.
Something to watch for in the future.
… Ken Allison, 9 August, 2018 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

 
No problem at all,,,
Congratulations on becoming an editor Ken.
… William Edwards, 9 August, 2018 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Black-shouldered Spinyleg.
… Ken Allison, 9 August, 2018 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Wrong ID?
If you don't agree with my identification then please tell me what you think this is.
I was basing my ID on the pattern on the front of the thorax which I thought was unique to D. spinosus.
… William Edwards, 9 August, 2018 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

Dromogomphus spinosus
Moved from Dragonflies.
… William Edwards, 22 December, 2017 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

Not Arrowhead Spiketail.
Not Arrowhead Spiketail.
Maybe a snaketail?

Need a closer view.
One from the top, one from side and very closeups of the tail appendages also.
… Brenda Van Ryswyk, 30 January, 2017 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 19 July, 2016 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

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