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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Spiketails (Cordulegastridae) » Cordulegaster » Twin-Spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster maculata)
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Twin-Spotted Spiketail - Cordulegaster maculata
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

Twin-Spotted Spiketail - Cordulegaster maculata
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 9, 2010
Size: 28mm
Taken from Wrangling Brook.

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Twin-Spotted Spiketail - Cordulegaster maculata Twin-Spotted Spiketail - Cordulegaster maculata
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Contributed by tom murray on 10 May, 2010 - 8:22am
Last updated 10 May, 2010 - 6:42pm

Moved
Moved from Cordulegaster.
… Denis A. Doucet, 10 May, 2010 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Naiads and Exuviae.
Thanks Denis. I added a close up of the head and shoulders.
… tom murray, 10 May, 2010 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the closeup...
The epaulets are much clearer in the closeup and this is clearly maculata, so I moved it. Hope that is OK and great shots!
… Denis A. Doucet, 10 May, 2010 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

 
C. maculata
Denis, thanks for the id, and if you move the image, that means I don't have to:-)
… tom murray, 10 May, 2010 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

Cordulegaster would be my guess...
Not 100% sure of species, but likely maculata from what I can see of the frontal shelf and epaulets. If you still have the specimen, a closeup of the "head and shoulders" might clinch it. I love your larval shots! Keep em coming!
… Denis A. Doucet, 10 May, 2010 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

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