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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Cruisers (Macromiidae) » Didymops » Stream Cruiser (Didymops transversa)
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Unknown Bug. - Didymops transversa
Copyright © 2008 David Jones

Unknown Bug. - Didymops transversa
Salisbury Dan Nicholas Park, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
February 26, 2008
Size: 25mm
This was left on my desk in a jar with water. Any help with identiication would be appreciated. I suspect water is not it's normal habitat. Is it a Coreidae?
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Contributed by David Jones on 26 February, 2008 - 12:36pm
Last updated 27 February, 2008 - 8:24pm

The relatively long
lateral spines on segment 9 suggest to me it's Didymops transversa
… A.W. Thomas, 26 February, 2008 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Didymops
"Lateral spines of abdominal segment 9 reach posteriorly of level of tips of cerci" (Needham et al, 474) - check.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 27 February, 2008 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

Macromia
It's been a while since I've IDed these guys, but I'm fairly sure this is Macromia.
… Tymon Mazdak, 26 February, 2008 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

Dragonfly nymph....honest!
This is a dragonfly nymph. From the looks of it, it might be nearly ready to emerge as an adult....but water is 'definitely' its habitat until then! Not sure which family this is, but I lean toward Libellulidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 February, 2008 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

 
unknown bug
Eric, Thanks for such a timely response. I never would have got that one. No wonder it didn't seem to fit into any category I could find. Many thanks.
… David Jones, 26 February, 2008 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

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