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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Spinylegs (Dromogomphus) » Black-shouldered Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spinosus)
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Black-shouldered Spinyleg - Dromogomphus spinosus - male
Copyright © 2011 Kurt Hasselman

Black-shouldered Spinyleg - Dromogomphus spinosus - Male
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
August 29, 2011
Size: aprox. 50 mm

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Contributed by Kurt Hasselman on 30 August, 2011 - 8:11pm
Last updated 2 September, 2011 - 3:01pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Denis A. Doucet, 1 September, 2011 - 5:07am login or register to post comments

Black-shouldered Spinyleg
I think. Compare:
… Aaron Brees, 30 August, 2011 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Black-shouldered Spinyleg
Yes!
I also got confirmation on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dah_professor/6095709024/) where I originally posted this guy for ID.
Looks like you've got the male there, and mine is most likely the fem.
Thanks!
… Kurt Hasselman, 30 August, 2011 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Male
It is indeed a Black-shouldered Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spinosus), but yours is also a male. You can see the male appendages in the full-size profile view.
… Ben Coulter, 31 August, 2011 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

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