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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Stylogomphus » Eastern Least Clubtail (Stylogomphus albistylus)
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Pondhawk? - Stylogomphus albistylus - female
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Pondhawk? - Stylogomphus albistylus - Female
West Virginia, USA
July 5, 2018
Photo taken at a rest stop off I-77 in West Virginia
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Contributed by fuzzi on 6 July, 2018 - 8:18pm
Last updated 8 July, 2018 - 4:03pm

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… William Edwards, 8 July, 2018 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

Eastern Least Clubtail
This dragonfly is a clubtail in the family Gomphidae. You can tell by the widely-spaced eyes. I believe it's Eastern Least Clubtail, Stylogomphus albistylis. The white genitalia don't show up very well against the white sand in your photo but I think they're there.
… Ken Allison, 7 July, 2018 - 5:39am login or register to post comments

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