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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae) » Ringtails (Erpetogomphus) » Serpent Ringtail (Erpetogomphus lampropeltis)
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Serpent Ringtail - Erpetogomphus lampropeltis - female
Copyright © 2006 Bob Beatson

Serpent Ringtail - Erpetogomphus lampropeltis - Female
Cienega Creek Preserve, Pima County, Arizona, USA
October 25, 2006
Pretty sure this is a female Serpent Ringtail, Erpetogomphus lampropeltis - ID'd from looking at web site "Arizona Odes." Looks just like the female pictured there. Known to fly late in season, i.e. fall, in S. AZ. Pretty little beast, let me get to w/in inches of it with camera. Not yet represented in guide.

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Serpent Ringtail - Erpetogomphus lampropeltis - female Serpent Ringtail - Erpetogomphus lampropeltis - female
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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 26 October, 2006 - 6:43pm
Last updated 28 October, 2006 - 7:04am

Moved
Moved from Ringtails.
Another great addition with great photos. I was in the southern part of La Cienegas (Santa Cruz Co) August 2005 but saw no odes.
A female of the Green form (?ssp.) natrix
… A.W. Thomas, 28 October, 2006 - 7:04am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Tony -
You were just a little east of Sonoita and I don't think the creek runs perennialy there. I was about 20 mi north where it is perennial. Think you are right about ssp., according to Dunkle anyway.
… Bob Beatson, 28 October, 2006 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

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