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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae)
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Copyright © 2012 alateinertia

Emerged
Kelly, Teton County, Wyoming, USA
June 25, 2010
Just emerged

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Contributed by alateinertia on 12 January, 2012 - 2:24pm
Last updated 20 July, 2012 - 8:55pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 20 July, 2012 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… john and jane balaban, 21 January, 2012 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

I'd be surprised
if it wasn't Ophiogomphus severus
… Jason Forbes, 12 January, 2012 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Why?
Please don't think I am being rude; I am honestly curious. The seperated eyes indicate Clubtail; but what other morphological features are you using? Flight period, range, what substrate it chose to emerge on, etc? Without it being mature or identifying the exuvia what clues are you using for tenerals? Thanks!
… Chad Edgar, 8 March, 2012 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

 
range mostly
Sorry for the slow response, was away for the week.
A quick scan through Paulson's book shows only 6 or so Gomphids found anywhere near Wyoming. Unless they fade very quickly, most of them have more dark on the thorax. It also has the fairly stocky look of an Ophiogomphus to me.
… Jason Forbes, 14 March, 2012 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

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