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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Stylurus » Laura's Clubtail (Stylurus laurae)
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Laura's Clubtail - Stylurus laurae
Copyright © 2005 Lois Stacey

Laura's Clubtail - Stylurus laurae
Aiken - Gopher Tortoise HP, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA
August 12, 2005
I found this one in the sandhills of South Carolina in a Longleaf Pine/Turkey oak woodland along a logging trail.
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Contributed by Lois Stacey on 13 August, 2005 - 1:02pm
Last updated 15 August, 2005 - 3:02pm

Moving to new guide page
- could you give details on how you made the ID? I'm no dragonfly expert though your image looks like others I see on the web after a brief search.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 15 August, 2005 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Ok
Using the clubtails page on Giff Beaton's website 1 I scanned through the clubtail images. The thorax pattern on this dragonfly shows wide, defined stripes. The club is fairly narrow and has a reddish color to it. Most of the clubtails found in this area have completely different thorax patterns. The only clubtail on the site whose thorax pattern matched was the Laura's Clubtail. I then posted the image to a list-serve and the identification was confirmed by two other people, including Giff Beaton.
… Lois Stacey, 15 August, 2005 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Maybe you need to think about becoming an editor so you can make some guide pages yourself - that's pretty comprehensive information.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 16 August, 2005 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

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