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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Hagenius » Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus)

Species Hagenius brevistylus - Dragonhunter

Classification · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle
Teneral Dragonhunter - Hagenius brevistylus - male Dragonhuntet - Hagenius brevistylus - male Large Black and Yellow Dragonfly - Hagenius brevistylus - female Dragonhunter - Hagenius brevistylus Hagenius brevistylus - Dragonhunter - Hagenius brevistylus Dragonhunter dragonfly (Hagenius brevistylus) - Hagenius brevistylus Large Yellow Dragonfly - Hagenius brevistylus - male Freshly emerged Dragonhunter - Hagenius brevistylus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
Family Gomphidae (Clubtails)
Genus Hagenius
Species brevistylus (Dragonhunter)
Identification
Adult: "Very long black legs, apparent large size, greater amount of yellow on side of S8 than S9, apparent wide black shoulder stripe, abdomen curled down at end, and small head relative to thorax" (male ID comment by Nick Block here)
Range
Eastern North America, west to central Texas and Manitoba - Odonata Central map
Habitat
Streams, rivers, and creeks, typically those with abundant odonate prey.
Season
April-October
Food
Any large insects, from butterflies to other dragonflies.
Life Cycle
Naiads are large and flat.
Contributed by tom murray on 21 May, 2005 - 6:21pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 3 July, 2020 - 8:16am

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