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Sandhill Clubtail

Phanogomphus cavillaris

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) peterallenbds, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 4, February 4, March 4, April 8, May 5, June 3, July 3, August 3, September 4, October 4, November 3, December 3.
United States611
Alabama48
Georgia44
North Carolina39
South Carolina19

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderDragonflies and Damselflies · Odonata
FamilyClubtails · Gomphidae
GenusPhanogomphus Clubtails · Phanogomphus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Sandhill Clubtail with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.