[tn-dragonflies] Re: unicoi area
- From: Rick Phillips <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-dragonflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 21:13:20 -0400
I had forgotten that I took some photos of a female Brown Spiketail at Roan
Mountain that was ovipositing. Now that I compare those photos to this
individual, I think you're right that it's a female Brown Spiketail. It did
look bigger, but size can be deceiving when you don't have another
individual there for direct comparison.
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 7:09 PM, richard connors <didymops07@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Rick,
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> I think it looks most like Brown Spiketail, female: uniform-sized, paired
> triangles down the abdomen. And the basic brown color.
>
> Richard C
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> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Rick Phillips <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> --
>> Rick Phillips
>> Kingsport, Tennessee
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Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee
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