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Cordulegaster diastatops
The Delta-Spotted Spiketail has a black abdomen with yellow triangular spots on the dorsal surface. The sides of the thorax are black with straight, broad, yellow stripes.
On a path, very close to a spring fed large pond.
Spotted on Jun 21, 2014
Submitted on Jun 26, 2014
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Not a Delta-spotted Spiketail; note that the eyes are not touching at all, which is a field mark for dragonflies in the Clubtail group (Gomphidae), while the Spiketails are in the Cordulegastridae group.