Maine Snaketail (Ophiogomphus mainensis)

Identification: Female- Note the black posterior lateral thoracic stripe and partial anterior lateral stripe, the black legs, the greenish upper face, the yellowish sides to S8 & S9, the dual occipital horns, the lack of dorsal markings on S8 & S9 and the sub-genital plate that is almost as long as S9.

 

The photographs of the female below are from Highland County, Virginia on July 3, 2010.

copyright Allen Bryan 2010
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