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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Snaketails (Ophiogomphus) » Sinuous Snaketail (Ophiogomphus occidentis)
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Pacific Clubtail? - Ophiogomphus occidentis
Copyright © 2019 Lynette Elliott

Pacific Clubtail? - Ophiogomphus occidentis
Thompson Falls, Sanders County, Montana, USA
June 22, 2019
Way out of range if that ID is right.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 22 June, 2019 - 11:54pm
Last updated 10 July, 2019 - 2:53pm

Moved to Ophiogomphus occidentis
Moved from Dragonflies.

Sinuous Snaketail. There are very few clubtails in your part of Montana. I'm not familiar with Sinuous Snaketail, but I'm pretty sure this is the correct identification. Look at some of the other photos in BugGuide and see what you think. Nice clear photo, by the way.
… Ken Allison, 10 July, 2019 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 July, 2019 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

Definitely right family.
Definitely right family.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 24 June, 2019 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

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