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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Phanogomphus » Ashy Clubtail (Phanogomphus lividus)
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Dragonfly - Phanogomphus lividus
Copyright © 2006 Tam Stuart

Dragonfly - Phanogomphus lividus
Deans/Pigeon Swamp, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
May 13, 2006
These four images were taken at the same location within an hour or so, but they are not all the same specimen. Strangely, they all folded their wings damselfly-fashion over their backs. This allowed me to catch the one on my hand where I posed it several times (it may be newly emerged - was very shiny). They were weak fliers.

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Contributed by Tam Stuart on 13 May, 2006 - 9:36pm
Last updated 31 July, 2007 - 8:30am

Moved
Moved from Clubtails.
… john and jane balaban, 31 July, 2007 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

Ashy
These are either Ashy or Dusky Clubtails. I'm pretty sure they're teneral female Ashy Clubtails for a couple reasons:
1. frontal thoracic stripe shaped like a Z (Dusky usually lacks posterior section giving it the Z shape)
2. Dusky Clubtails is rarer in NJ and has not been recorded from Somerset County, while Ashy is common and has been.
… Nick Block, 31 July, 2007 - 12:09am login or register to post comments

And
With the dark lower thoracic stripe and the abdominal coloration I'm thinking Lancet Clubtail.
… Lois Stacey, 17 May, 2006 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

Unlink
You should unlink the ones that aren't the same specimen. Great shots.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 May, 2006 - 6:19am login or register to post comments

 
The eyes are far apart
which makes then clubtails - Gomphidae. They had their wings over their backs and were weak fliers because they had just emerged from their larval exoskeleton. Give them a couple hours to stretch and harden and you won't even be able to catch them!!
… john and jane balaban, 14 May, 2006 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

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