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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Phanogomphus » Beaverpond Clubtail (Phanogomphus borealis)
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Gomphus eating... something - Phanogomphus borealis - male
Copyright © 2009 Charley Eiseman

Gomphus eating... something - Phanogomphus borealis - Male
Colrain, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
June 19, 2004
Possibly the same individual as this one:

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Gomphus eating... something - Phanogomphus borealis - male Gomphus eating... something - Phanogomphus borealis - male
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 December, 2009 - 4:11pm
Last updated 31 December, 2009 - 2:11pm

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Moved from Dragonflies. I showed these two photos to the dragonfly person at the Mass. Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, and she agreed with my ID--but the species has been delisted in the past few years.
… Charley Eiseman, 31 December, 2009 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

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Take a look at the plate here. I can't make out enough detail to say for sure on these but you may be able to. The two females (#361110 and ##361111) probably aren't identifiable beyond Phanogomphus, the males may be.
… Jason Forbes, 27 December, 2009 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

 
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I'm thinking this one, at least, most resembles G. borealis, but I'm not certain. It's too bad I didn't have a better lens at the time, because that species is a state-listed Species of Concern in Massachusetts. I'll be sure to get close-ups of terminal appendages when I shoot dragonflies in the future.
… Charley Eiseman, 27 December, 2009 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

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