I worked an area near Unicoi, TN, today...around the Watauga Ranger District USFS Fire Station on Hwy 107 (this is near the intersection of Hwy 173 and 107 at Unicoi). I was primarily looking around N. Indian Creek at its intersection with Scioto Creek. These are cold-water trout streams with a mixture of riffles and pools over a sand and gravel bottom with many rocks. It's mostly a forested area with a few small clearings. Also a number of very small streams coming in from seeps in the area. I thought this might be a good place to look for clubtails, however after nearly 3 hours of looking, I didn't find any. I did find what I believe to be a teneral Spiketail. Glossy wings and weak flight for a spiketail. I believe it was either a Brown Spiketail or a Twin-spotted Spiketail. Markings eliminated Tiger Spiketail. It looked noticeably larger than the Brown Spiketails I saw at Roan Mountain State Park in Carter County last week. I'm leaning towards Twin-spotted, but still unsure. Only got a couple of brief looks and a couple of photos. I'll enclose a photo for your review. Other than a few Common Whitetails and Slaty Skimmers in an open area near the fire station, this was the only ode I saw while there. Rick -- Rick Phillips Kingsport, Tennessee
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