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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Forceptails (Aphylla)
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Broad-striped Forceptail? - Aphylla
Copyright © 2018 bruce sherman

Broad-striped Forceptail? - Aphylla
Rockport, Aransas County, Texas, USA
June 20, 2018
Size: about 2" long
My "guess" is Broad-striped Forceptail
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Contributed by bruce sherman on 23 June, 2018 - 11:50pm
Last updated 24 July, 2019 - 9:39am

Moved to Aphylla for expert attention.
Moved from Clubtails.
… Ken Allison, 24 July, 2019 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… Ken Allison, 9 August, 2018 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

Narrow-striped Forceptail??
You're way outside of my comfort zone, Bruce, but all that brown in the abdomen makes me think of Aphylla protracta. Can't claim any expertise however.
… Ken Allison, 9 August, 2018 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Narrow-striped Forceptail
Hi Ken,

I am a newbie to dragonflies and insects. Narrow-striped was my "guess". Looking at the pictures and reading the text in "Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West" I think I agree with you. The thoracic stripe pattern in my pic looks much more like the thoracic stripe pattern on male Narrow-striped Forceptail on page 246.

Thanks for the correction.
… bruce sherman, 9 August, 2018 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

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