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Zebra Clubtail (Stylurus scudderi)
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Copyright © 2010
Steve Collins
Teneral clubtail -
Stylurus scudderi
Swan Falls, Oxford County, Maine, USA
June 22, 2010
I suspected Stylurus, but I hoped someone could help me out with this teneral clubtail dragonfly.
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Contributed by
Steve Collins
on 6 September, 2010 - 2:21pm
Last updated 12 September, 2015 - 11:57am
Moved
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Stylurus
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Ben Coulter
, 12 September, 2015 - 11:57am
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Moved
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Clubtails
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Ben Coulter
, 28 December, 2013 - 12:38pm
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Moved
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Oops, missed the discussion below but want to read up a bit with it so teneral.
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Jason Forbes
, 8 October, 2010 - 5:08pm
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john and jane balaban
, 1 October, 2010 - 4:37pm
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scudderi?
First impression is a female Zebra Clubtail (
Stylurus scudderi
). The abdominal pattern, though faint, appears to be there. Compare to
this
Tom Murray shot of a teneral male.
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Ben Coulter
, 6 September, 2010 - 8:48pm
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I had thought so too, but
someone told me that all emergers have those white stripes between abdominal segments until things harden up a little, so I'm not sure how reliable that pattern is. Perhaps the pattern is still evident regardless. The white stripes aren't pronounced on the last couple segments, which would be consistent with the pattern on S. scudderi.
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Steve Collins
, 6 September, 2010 - 9:46pm
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