Lancet Clubtail (Gomphus exilis)

In NC, this species can be very difficult to distinguish from Ashy Clubtail (Gomphus lividus). Lancets tend to be smaller and darker, and they usually show lots of yellow on abdomenal segment S9 (the last long segment). In NC, Lancet Clubtails appear in the spring and fly into early summer.


Durham Co., NC 2 May 2006	Durham Co., NC 2 May 2006

	Durham Co., NC 2 May 2006

Female on left, male on right
Orange Co., NC
27 Apr 2005


Korstian Division, Duke Forest Orange Co., NC 2 June 2003	Crawford Co., MI 7 July 2003

	Blackwood Division, Duke Forest Orange Co., NC 2 June 2003
	Crawford Co., MI 7 July 2003

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