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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Clubtails (Gomphidae)
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Gomphus spicatus ?
Copyright © 2014 JerryMcCormick

Gomphus spicatus ?
Ely, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
July 2, 2014
Hundreds (more likely thousands) of dragonflies of several species were flying about in the upland forests on this day. The victim is a tiger beetle, Cicindela purpurea.
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Contributed by JerryMcCormick on 5 July, 2014 - 4:00pm
Last updated 5 May, 2021 - 8:15pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… Greg W. Lasley, 21 October, 2014 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

female G. spicatus or lividus
female G. spicatus or lividus. No way to determine which from a photo. I was in the Ely area in June 2014 and had both species.
… Greg W. Lasley, 21 October, 2014 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… john and jane balaban, 2 August, 2014 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

perhaps
but Ashy is just as likely with females impossible to tell apart without close examination. From your picture I can't tell the gender.
… Larry de March, 5 July, 2014 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah
One of the two, but the females are very tough to differentiate without examining them in-hand. This looks like a female to me.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 5 July, 2014 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

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