Richard, David and any other interested party, Attached is a close up of the thorax. It does somewhat resemble a Dragonhunter: green eyes, eyes completely separated and yellow face. With the separation of the eyes, it must be a Clubtail of some sort. I will do some looking on the web. The thorax pattern looks very distinctive, bit it does not match anything I can see in the three books I have (G. Beaton, ³Dragonflies & Damselflies of Georgia & the southeast²; K. Mead, ³Dragonflies of the North Woods²; D. Paulson, ³Dragonflies & Damselflies of the West²). Many thanks for you help. Best regards, Harold On 6/29/10 7:20 PM, "Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx" <Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Harold, > > I don't know what it is, but here are some thoughts: I agree with David its > not Ashy or Lancet. > It looks a bit like female Dragonhunter, the tip of abdomen is turned down as > is characteristic of them, and the yellow markings down the abdomen are close > to being correct for female Dragonhunter. It seems like its a large dragon > from the photo, but the head seems too large and/or thorax seems too small for > Dragonhunter. > Its one of those other clubtails... I can't get any closer to an id without > seeing the side of the thorax better. > > Richard Connors > Nashville > > In a message dated 6/29/2010 1:27:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > featherbrain1223@xxxxxxxxx writes: >> I would be interested to hear any comments that you receive on the ID of >> this. I am not sure as to what species it is, but I know it is neither Ashy >> nor Lancet. I have been having trouble IDing the female clubtails I have >> been seeing lately so that's why I am interested to hear what the "experts" >> have to say about this one. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> David >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Harold Howell <howellh2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >>> Ladies and Gentlemen, >>> >>> In the ongoing saga or trying to separate Ashy and Lancet Clubtails, I >>> would >>> appreciate your comments on these photos. I believe that they are Ashy >>> Clubtails. Their only variation from my guides is that the lance shaped >>> marks on the abdomen do not get smaller as they go toward the end of the >>> abdomen, However, there is no dorsal mark on S9 or S10, which should exist >>> on a Lancet. >>> >>> You may view these photos here: >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsquare/4745996179/ >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsquare/4745996183/ >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsquare/4745996177/ >>> >>> Any comments will be appreciated. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Harold Howell >>> Rutledge, >>> Grainger County >>> TN >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> David Hollie >> Ringgold, GA >> Catoosa Co. >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/featherbrain1223/ > >
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