Robust Baskettail (Epitheca spinosa)

Description- An early season baskettail with a wide abdomen and "hairy" thorax. In the male note the cerci is bent down and outward at the tip and has a pointed dorsal spine present dorsally.

 

copyright Allen Bryan 2009, Robust Baskettail, Epitheca spinosa
copyright Allen Bryan 2009, Robust Baskettail, Epitheca spinosa

copyright Allen Bryan 2009, Robust Baskettail, Epitheca spinosa

Above images of male from Sussex County, Virginia on April 4, 2009

 

 

 

Male- Sussex County, Virginia on March 31, 2007

While a questionable quality photograph, I think you can note the cerci bent outward and the dorsal spine inward.