[tn-dragonflies] Re: Laurel Run Unknown Clubtail
- From: richard connors <didymops07@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-dragonflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-dragonflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 18:51:36 -0500
Rick,
I think it looks good for Cherokee Clubtail, with the field marks you
mentioned, plus face stripe present and the right light gray ground color
of the thorax. The eyes look more dull than the males I have seen, but
otherwise looks good. It is the right time of season and you are in the
right area. Good find! I hope they stick around for a couple more weeks!
Richard Connors
Nashville
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Rick Phillips <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Friends
>
> I need some help with an id on this clubtail I photographed at Laurel Run
> Park in Hawkins County this afternoon. I was overcast and so not a great
> photo, but I think has most of the characteristics that might give us a
> tentative (or definitive) id. It was smaller than the Splendid Clubtails
> I've been seeing there the past couple of weeks. It was a dark individual.
> The two shoulder stripes were black and complete. The two lateral stripes
> (T3 and T4) were narrow but complete. You can see the rest in the photo.
> The habitat is a county park along the base of Bays Mountain with a
> forested mountain stream as well as the Holston River nearby. It was
> perched in a patch of sedges and rushes maybe 40 yards from the forested
> stream. Based on what I can see, I can't exclude Cherokee Clubtail
> (although I've never seen one and it isn't in the database for Hawkins
> County at Odonata Central). What do you think? Thanks for the assistance.
>
> Rick
>
> --
> Rick Phillips
> Kingsport, Tennessee
>
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