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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Unidentified Naiads and Exuviae
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Dragonfly Larva
Copyright © 2011 Miles Buddy

Dragonfly Larva
Lake James, North Carolina, USA
August 6, 2009
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Contributed by Miles Buddy on 1 May, 2011 - 6:47pm
Last updated 2 November, 2018 - 2:28pm

Moved
Moved from Anax.

I agree that it doesn't closely resemble other Anax naiads in the Guide--and it does resemble at least some of the clubtail naiads. Leaving it here for the Odonata experts to have another look and the final say regarding placement.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 November, 2018 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 May, 2011 - 6:25am login or register to post comments

 
Incorrect ID - Please move out of Anax
This is a Clubtail larvae in the family Gomphidae.

This is one of the first results on a google search for Anax, so it would be great to get it fixed.
… Spring, 2 November, 2018 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

Dragonfly nymph
Looks like Anax in the family Aeshnidae. Hard to tell whether it's the common green darner (A. junius) or the comet darner (A. longipes) without a close look at the mouthparts though.
… C. L. Goforth, 1 May, 2011 - 11:26pm login or register to post comments

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