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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Ringtails (Erpetogomphus) » White-belted Ringtail (Erpetogomphus compositus)
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Damselfly? - Erpetogomphus compositus - female
Copyright © 2013 Craig Blanchard

Damselfly? - Erpetogomphus compositus - Female
Sims Circle, Cow Creek, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, USA
May 21, 2013
Size: ~51 mm long
Perched on finger for about ten minutes while images were taken from many angles. "First observed at 19:11 PDT, it climbed onto my finger about 3 minutes later."

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Damselfly? - Erpetogomphus compositus - female Damselfly? - Erpetogomphus compositus - female Damselfly? - Erpetogomphus compositus - female
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Contributed by Stacy Holt on 22 May, 2013 - 2:48pm
Last updated 3 June, 2013 - 4:40pm

Moved
Moved from Clubtails.
… William Edwards, 3 June, 2013 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

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separated eyes
put it in the Gomphidae. Perhaps White-belted ringtail, Erpetogomphus compositus
… Larry de March, 22 May, 2013 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

dragonfly
damselflies have peculiar dumbbell-like heads and wings of both pairs shaped like daisy petals
… v belov, 22 May, 2013 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

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