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A Quick ID Guide
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Quick Identification Guide
Club Tailed Dragonfly (Gomphus vulgatissimus)
Welcome to my quick identification guide for the Club Tailed Dragonfly. These graphics are meant as a guide to the key identifying features of both the male and the female dragonflies.
The text section has been kindly written and supplied by Mr Ken Crick.
The male Club Tailed Dragonfly
This is a robust medium sized dragonfly (Anisoptera), where immature males (see above) are yellow and black. When mature the yellow areas turn to the palest of greens tending to yellow except on the flanks of abdominal segment 8 & 9 which remain bright yellow. Unique among British Anisoptera both sexes of this species eyes fail to meet across the upper surface of the head. The wings are clear, with the inner trailing edge of the hind wing, exhibiting a semicircular cut out and angular transition to the true trailing edge.
The female Club Tailed Dragonfly
Black and yellow with a heavy looking abdomen. The hind wing has a smooth curved transition without a cut out.
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