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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Pond Clubtails (Arigomphus) » Lilypad Clubtail (Arigomphus furcifer)
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Gomphidae - Arigomphus furcifer
Copyright © 2006 Matthew Ireland

Gomphidae - Arigomphus furcifer
Central Ontario, Ontario, Canada
May 31, 2005
Can anyone identify this dragonfly down further?
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Contributed by Matthew Ireland on 14 January, 2006 - 3:43pm
Last updated 27 May, 2006 - 11:34am

I am moving it to
Gompidae page for now. If there are no other suggestions as to species I will move it to the species page at a later date.
… A.W. Thomas, 15 January, 2006 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

Whoops!
My apologies the date was actually june 1st :)
… Matthew Ireland, 15 January, 2006 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Anthony W. Thomas
Anthony W. Thomas
… A.W. Thomas, 15 January, 2006 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

Excellent image
I doubt if you can ever get a 100% correct ID. Appears to have emerged within the previous 30 mins. It's a female and the very long S9 and S10, coupled with emergence on a lily pad leads me to think it's a Lilypad Clubtail Arigomphus furcifer. One problem I see is the emergence date, 25 July seems awfully late for this species.
… A.W. Thomas, 14 January, 2006 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

Date
picture taken july 25 2005
… Matthew Ireland, 14 January, 2006 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
We notice that your image identifier
says June 1, 2005. Is there some confusion on dates that may satisfy Tony's concern regarding emergence date?
… john and jane balaban, 14 January, 2006 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

A date may help
Anthony W. Thomas
… A.W. Thomas, 14 January, 2006 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

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