[tn-dragonflies] Re: Cherokee Clubtail maybe, Cocke Co.

  • From: Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx
  • To: tn-dragonflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 20:04:51 EDT

 
Jean, Tom,
 
This looks like Splendid Clubtail (Gomphus lineatifrons), it's pretty big  
and markings are right. And its a river species. No spines on the hind legs  
eliminate spinyleg, and its not marked right for Dragonhunter. Another nice 
bug  you've found.
 
Richard Connors
nashville
 
In a message dated 6/6/2010 3:44:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
blountbirder@xxxxxxxxx writes:

 
Jean, 
Look at a  Black-shouldered Spinyleg. It is large, whereas a Cherokee 
Clubtail is not.  Other markings appear to also separate it from a  
Dragonhunter. 
Tom  Howe 
Alcoa 
 
  
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From:  tn-dragonflies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx  
[mailto:tn-dragonflies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jean Obrist
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 8:53  PM
To: tn-dragonflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tn-dragonflies] Cherokee  Clubtail maybe, Cocke Co.
 
Is this a Cherokee Clubtail?  Upper abdomen was  gray, not black.  This was 
a large  dragon.
 
I have more pix.  After catching an insect from  the grass beside the road, 
it perched about eight feet up in a tree to eat  it.
 
Alongside the Nolichucky River.

 

 
Jean Obrist
 
Bruners Grove
 
Cocke Co, TN
 





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