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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Spinylegs (Dromogomphus) » Flag-tailed Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spoliatus)
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Flag-tailed Spineyleg - Dromogomphus spoliatus - Dromogomphus spoliatus
Copyright © 2009 Clifford Powell

Flag-tailed Spineyleg - Dromogomphus spoliatus - Dromogomphus spoliatus
Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, USA
September 8, 2009
Size: Large for a dragonfly
Only time I've seen this species. Was in an area with ponds but seemed to spend time away from water.
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Contributed by Clifford Powell on 13 September, 2009 - 1:21pm
Last updated 9 February, 2010 - 11:39pm

Moved
Moved from Clubtails.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 9 February, 2010 - 11:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Schneider, 9 October, 2009 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

looks like Brimstone Clubtail
And just so happens that the other pictures in the guide are also from Roswell.
… Jason Forbes, 13 September, 2009 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Got the ID - - -
Met with the dragonfly expert for Bitter Lakes NWR and he ID'd this as:

Flag-tailed Spineyleg - Dromogomphus spoliatus
… Clifford Powell, 9 October, 2009 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Great - thanks!
Rather than change the title of the image, though, it would be better if you tagged the image and moved it to the right place in the guide. The ID will then show up automatically.
… Ken Schneider, 9 October, 2009 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Clubtail
Looking at the pic of a Brimston in Paulson's the eyes are blue where my subject has yellow eyes. Also Paulson's is subject's abdomen is a base of yellow with black on the yellow where mine has a base of black with almost white on top. Now I don't know anything about dragonflies so maybe there are variations of some kind - juvenile perhaps?
… Clifford Powell, 13 September, 2009 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

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