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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Spiketails (Cordulegastridae) » Cordulegaster » Brown Spiketail (Cordulegaster bilineata)
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Twin-Spotted or Brown Spiketail? - Cordulegaster bilineata
Copyright © 2010 MatthewMyers

Twin-Spotted or Brown Spiketail? - Cordulegaster bilineata
Northern VA, Virginia, USA
April 23, 2010
Not sure if it is a Twin-Spotted or Brown Spiketail.
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Contributed by MatthewMyers on 23 April, 2010 - 10:45pm
Last updated 28 October, 2010 - 11:03pm

Moved
Moved from Cordulegaster.
… john and jane balaban, 28 October, 2010 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

Brown Spiketail
This looks like a Brown Spiketail (Cordulegaster bilineata) to me. The lateral abdominal spots and the brown coloration push it that way. Twin-spotted has paired spots on the top of the abdominal segments.
… Ben Coulter, 28 October, 2010 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 21 May, 2010 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Please crop photos so that the bug fills the frame - thanks!
… Ken Schneider, 17 May, 2010 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

Dorsal view of eyes?
Easiest way to tell is to look at the eyes. Touching = maculata not touching would be bilineata. Legs look brown enough to call it bilineata. Can you use flight season in VA to distinguish?
… Chad Edgar, 26 April, 2010 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

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