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Horned clubtail

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Anisoptera

Genus
  
Arigomphus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Odonate

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gomphidae

Scientific name
  
Arigomphus cornutus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Odonate, Pronghorn clubtail, Plains clubtail, Dorocordulia libera, Jade clubtail

Horned clubtail feeding


The horned clubtail (Arigomphus cornutus) is a clubtail dragonfly of Canada and the United States.

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The horned clubtail is 2.2 inches (56 mm) long and lacks an abdominal club. It has a greenish thorax with black stripes and a black abdomen with a light stripe along the top. It has blue eyes and black legs. It also has distinctive wide forked yellow claspers shaped like cow horns and a large sloped bridge between the eyes.

The horned clubtail lives in ponds and sluggish streams. Its range includes Canada and several U.S. states:

  • Colorado
  • Iowa
  • Minnesota
  • Montana – Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, and Wibaux Counties; only in artificial reservoirs.
  • Nebraska – Cherry and Cuming Counties
  • New York – (rarely)
  • North Dakota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

    • Horned clubtail arigomphus cornutus


    References

    Horned clubtail Wikipedia
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