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Oklahoma Clubtail

Phanogomphus oklahomensis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 59, February 56, March 153, April 216, May 74, June 36, July 32, August 33, September 40, October 42, November 55, December 53.
United States930
Texas664
Arkansas117
Louisiana89
Oklahoma58
Missouri2

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