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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Phanogomphus » Lancet Clubtail (Phanogomphus exilis)
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Dragonfly eating fly - Phanogomphus exilis
Copyright © 2005 GreenVelvet

Dragonfly eating fly - Phanogomphus exilis
Lakeville, Northeast - Grand Lakes region but don't know County, Maine, USA
July 22, 2005
Size: 2.5 inches long
I believe the prey is a deerfly, but it's the dragonfly for which I seek an ID. I realize this angle may make that difficult? I thought it was so cool to be able to capture this, though.
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Contributed by GreenVelvet on 19 August, 2005 - 7:55pm
Last updated 31 July, 2007 - 4:34pm

Moved
Moved from Clubtails.
… john and jane balaban, 31 July, 2007 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

Lancet
This is a dull male Lancet Clubtail. I've never seen a photo of one with such limited frontal thoracic stripes, which fit a Dusky Clubtail better. But the obvious club and pale visible dorsally on S9 make this a Lancet Clubtail.
… Nick Block, 31 July, 2007 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

Clubtail
This is a member of the Clubtail family. The widened abdomen at the rear, with some yellow and/or rusty coloration there, is typical. The light markings are also typical of the family.

Even with photographs from three angles, this family is still notoriously hard to identify to species.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 20 August, 2005 - 5:47am login or register to post comments

 
Clubtail it is
Excellent, thank you.
… GreenVelvet, 20 August, 2005 - 7:35am login or register to post comments

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