Dragonfly - Phanogomphus oklahomensis

Moved

… Ben Coulter, 9 August, 2013 - 9:25am

Gomphus oklahomensis

This is a female Oklahoma Clubtail. They are an early season dragon, common in this area of east Texas. Way too slender of an abdomen for Plains Clubtail.

… Greg W. Lasley, 8 August, 2013 - 9:14pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… William Edwards, 24 March, 2013 - 10:36am

Thank You!

Wow! Thanks for the ID, Robert. I really wasn't sure.
Much appreciated,
Patti

… Pat Edens, 21 March, 2013 - 2:44pm

photo

You took this with a good camera and lens so I assuime the file is also good quality. Can you rotate to horizontal, enlarge, crop to just the dragonfly and re-size to 560 pixels wide? I'm trying to turn this into a Plains but not getting there.

Thanks.

… Larry de March, 21 March, 2013 - 2:56pm

Will do

I will crop and resize and post it in a few minutes.

… Pat Edens, 21 March, 2013 - 3:01pm

Thanks

What kind of water body was nearest to these?

… Larry de March, 21 March, 2013 - 3:06pm

a 2 acre fresh water pond

… Pat Edens, 21 March, 2013 - 3:14pm

Thanks

Plains looks most likely, though Pronghorn is similar. Plains is a river species, Pronghorn, rivers and lakes.

… Larry de March, 21 March, 2013 - 10:38pm

Hmmm

I may just be seeing things but it looks like there is dark in the edge of S8 which I was taught was always the best way to tell female Plains from Pronghorn. As it is by a pond I am now wondering.

… Mathesont, 22 March, 2013 - 7:36pm

Location

Is the location in the US useful in the ID? As per my book, the Pronghorn is not in the Houston area, but my book is old and I don't know how reliable that information might be.

… Pat Edens, 23 March, 2013 - 5:09am

Plains Clubtail

Female as previously stated.

… Mathesont, 21 March, 2013 - 2:36pm

Thanks!

I looked them up and the only ones in my area (as per Dunkle's Dragonflies through Binoculars) are sulfur tipped, cobra, plains, jade and russset tipped clubtails; flag tailed spineyleg, and common sanddragon. I can't really tell which one it might be, but they do fit. Wish I had gotten more photos.

Patti

… Pat Edens, 20 March, 2013 - 5:59pm

Something

in the family Gomphidae, a female.

… Larry de March, 20 March, 2013 - 3:07pm

My Error

Oops. Thanks for correcting.

… Pat Edens, 20 March, 2013 - 2:36pm

Unlinked

Linking is reserved for images of one specimen only, even if they were the same species.

… John R. Maxwell, 20 March, 2013 - 2:28pm