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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Stylogomphus » Eastern Least Clubtail (Stylogomphus albistylus)
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Eastern Least Clubtail - Stylogomphus albistylus - female
Copyright © 2012 Nancy Kent

Eastern Least Clubtail - Stylogomphus albistylus - Female
Radford, Virginia, USA
July 25, 2012
I'd like an Id, please. This critter was smaller than most dragonflies I see.

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Eastern Least Clubtail - Stylogomphus albistylus - female Eastern Least Clubtail - Stylogomphus albistylus - female
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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 25 July, 2012 - 6:10pm
Last updated 29 December, 2013 - 6:44am

Moved
Moved from Clubtails.
… Ben Coulter, 28 December, 2013 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 13 August, 2012 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

Clubtails
If you spot anything similar in the future, the space between the eyes is diagnostic of clubtails (family Gomphidae)--other dragonflies have eyes that meet on the top of the head. So that helps narrow things down.
… Melissa Barton, 26 July, 2012 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
Melissa, I appreciate knowing that. I see what you mean, too.
Of course, I usually just feel fortunate to get a reasonably sharp image before the critter goes on its way:>)
… Nancy Kent, 26 July, 2012 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Me, too!
I do a lot of ID from photographs when I get home. :-) But some species are considerably less cooperative than others...
… Melissa Barton, 26 July, 2012 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

Dragonfly?
Either Eastern Least or Interior Least Clubtail, female. You apparently need to see the subgenital plate to distinguish between the two.
… DeeDee, 25 July, 2012 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

 
How very interesting!
Thanks, DeeDee for that info and ID!
… Nancy Kent, 25 July, 2012 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

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