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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Emeralds (Corduliidae) » Baskettails (Epitheca)
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unidentified dragonfly (1) - Epitheca
Copyright © 2013 A. Neuman

unidentified dragonfly (1) - Epitheca
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
June 5, 2013
I think this is a Common Baskettail but can't make up my mind.
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Contributed by A. Neuman on 5 June, 2013 - 10:42pm
Last updated 15 June, 2013 - 3:04pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 15 June, 2013 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

Hmm
The spindle-shaped abdomen makes me think Beaverpond, but it's a bit hard to tell from this angle.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 7 June, 2013 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a Common Baskettail
Could be Mantled Baskettail but the mark on its wing does not reach to nodus and does not reach the rear edge of wing which probably means it is not a Mantled Baskettail.
… Ron Johnson, 7 June, 2013 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

 
possible common baskettail
Yes, thanks for your comment. I see that the Mantled and Common baskettails are very similar. "Dragonflies Through Binoculars" has no range map for the Mantled Baskettail but from reading their other information it does not look as if the Mantled Baskettail comes this far north. I'm more concerned that it might be a Beaverpond Baskettail. Thanks.
… A. Neuman, 7 June, 2013 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

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