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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Stylurus » Zebra Clubtail (Stylurus scudderi)
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Teneral clubtail - Stylurus scudderi
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
Moved from Stylurus.
… Ben Coulter, 12 September, 2015 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Clubtails.
… Ben Coulter, 28 December, 2013 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
Oops, missed the discussion below but want to read up a bit with it so teneral.
… Jason Forbes, 8 October, 2010 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 1 October, 2010 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

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.
… Ben Coulter, 6 September, 2010 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

 
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.
… Steve Collins, 6 September, 2010 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

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