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Habronattus sp. - Habronattus borealis - male

Habronattus sp. - Habronattus borealis - Male
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 30, 2008

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Habronattus sp. - Habronattus borealis - male Habronattus sp. - Habronattus borealis - male

Moved
Moved from coecatus group.

Moved

 
I do know one thing about subadult
Habronattus. I have a lot to learn. But then that's what makes the group interesting. Knowing what species occur in your area as well as when and where to look for them is a big help. Also with Habronattus the group characteristics (the coecatus group, the agilis group etc.) offer some hints. Folks willing to rear immatures will probably add the most to our understanding. Using a video or still camera to record both imm. and adults associated with each other in a specific area will also yield identification clues. It wasn't so long ago that naturalists interested in identifying dragonflies had to resort to 19th century keys. Within a few years, as interest mushroomed in the "odes," sharp-eyed naturalists in combination with veteran dragon and damsel experts rewrote the book on field identification of North American odonata.

tricky immature males
One thing to keep in mind is that penultimate (a molt from adulthood) males of H. borealis have a red clypeus and look basically just like this. It might be a good idea to check for adult males at this locality to be sure of what species are present there.

It would be really informative to raise some of these immature Habros to adulthood to document the development and get a confirmed identification of these forms. I think Jay Barnes has experimented with this with some of the Phidippus posted on Bugguide.

 
Ben . . . I absolutely agree
The more I look at Habronattus species in the field and then try to identify the sub-adults (and the females!) the more questions I have. Jay's work with rearing and photographing really helps and is a good model. The reason I started shooting video was to learn skipper identification. More than half the battle is to have correctly identified images for comparison. No doubt there are limitations to accurate sight identification with various species and ages of jumpers but it also seems to me a good set of images of the various ages of known (reared) Habronattus is the place to start.

Thanks Dick
It does look like a pretty good match, and I found this and a few others on a path in a salt marsh.

Tom - Looks a lot like . . .
a subadult H. coecatus. I was chasing these guys around Cape May during late September and early October. When he saw my images of subadults Wayne Maddison pointed out that given the location, i.e. Cape May, H. coecatus is really the only choice but that images of fully mature individuals would be necessary for confirmation. If you look at my video you will see several individuals that match your images (subadults) and several clips at the end of adults. I don't know if your MA locale adds other choices.

http://www.rkwalton.com/jump.html

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