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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Spinylegs (Dromogomphus) » Black-shouldered Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spinosus)
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Ghomphus which? - Dromogomphus spinosus - female
Copyright © 2013 Bill Wilwers

Ghomphus which? - Dromogomphus spinosus - Female
Barling/Springhill Park near AR river, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
June 25, 2013
Size: about 2"
Gomphus vastus? Gomphus ventricosus? Or? Just got the one angle,so I'm not sure.
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Contributed by Bill Wilwers on 25 June, 2013 - 1:58pm
Last updated 8 August, 2013 - 9:08pm

Moved
Moved from Clubtails.
… john and jane balaban, 8 August, 2013 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies and Damselflies.
… john and jane balaban, 7 July, 2013 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

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… John F. Carr, 7 July, 2013 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

not Gomphus
Dromogomphus spinosus looks right
… Larry de March, 25 June, 2013 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Agree....Dromogomphus spinosu
Agree....Dromogomphus spinosus
… Greg W. Lasley, 8 August, 2013 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Are the broad thoracic stripes the indicator?
… Bill Wilwers, 25 June, 2013 - 4:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Dromogophus
yes,t in addition to the distinctive pattern on the front of the thorax and he pattern on the dorsal surface of the abdomen
… Larry de March, 25 June, 2013 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Excellent!
Thank you again.
… Bill Wilwers, 26 June, 2013 - 11:47pm login or register to post comments

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