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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Hagenius » Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus)
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Dragonfly dragon-hunter exuvia - Hagenius brevistylus
Copyright © 2011 Ilze V-G.

Dragonfly dragon-hunter exuvia - Hagenius brevistylus
City of Greater Sudbury, Fairbank Lake, Ontario, Canada
July 9, 2011
Size: approx 4cm
I believe this is the exoskeleton left from a dragonfly as it left its life in the lake to hatch and take flight as a terrestrial. I am wondering what the white stringy things are?

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Dragonfly dragon-hunter exuvia - Hagenius brevistylus Dragon hunter exoskeleton. - Hagenius brevistylus
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Contributed by Ilze V-G. on 13 July, 2011 - 8:47am
Last updated 29 October, 2013 - 10:07am

I found a living version of t
I found a living version of this just last month! It was found at a lake in the woods swimming in the water. I had no idea what it was but it's an area heavy with dragonflies. I'm going to post my picture in a few. Dragonfly was my first guess as well.
… starrysue, 11 August, 2011 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.
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