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Stylurus plagiatus
Slender clubtail with green or yellow-green thorax with split middorsal, shoulder and two lateral black stripes. Eyes are green. Abdomen is mostly dark brown with very red-orange club. *Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast by Giff Beaton Looks very much like Southeastern Spinylegs but note the much shorter femur on this ode. Habitat is also much different.
Mostly streams and rivers. Often seen cruising right down the middle of the current in my experience. I bought a kayak specifically to see the ode because it was never near the bank where I could get a good look or was always on the water side of thick vegetation. Perches on leaves and stems that are too thin for its weight which causes them to bend and the dragon to hang. This is why they are one of the Haning Clubtails (Stylurus).
Spotted on Aug 22, 2010
Submitted on Sep 12, 2012
7 Comments
Oops! Didn't notice you updated the text for this spotting, Lois. Looks like you answered my question re: where to find Russet-tipped Clubtails.
I'm going hunting for Russet-tipped Clubtails tomorrow Lois, at a location where they have been spotted in the past (according to a local expert). We looked for them last week and were skunked! Any advice re: exactly where we should be looking? Please reply directly via e-mail: wsanford@wsanford.com Also, what's your opinion re: one of Carol Snow Milne's spottings? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/115... Thanks, Lois!
I have Paulson's e-book and it's very good! Searchable text makes the book much more useful for me. Back to clubtails. Please be sure to add some tips re: where to look for each species. For example, pondhawks and meadowhawks are "ground huggers" (as you know).
Well that sucks. I'm still waiting on a good app for dragonflies.
I do have Kindle on my iphone and Dennis Paulson's book is available for it. It at least gives me access to a good field guide electronically.
That would be great, Lois! I'm looking forward to reading your tips for ID-ing clubtails. I wish Giff's book were available in electronic form! I wrote to him recently; looks like that's not going to happen.
Thanks.
I plan to go back and add at least 'how to identify' to most of them.
And yes, I know Giff. He's a really nice guy and has helped me immensely with learning how to identify odes.
Hi Lois! I think your good photos of dragonflies and damselflies would be enriched by adding text to all of the fields on the new spotting page. I don't advocate duplicating the same info that can be found on the "Reference" Web sites (missing from this page), but I like to provide a fact or two about the specimen that is well illustrated by the spotting. BTW, any chance you know Giff Beaton?