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Dragonhunter

Hagenius brevistylus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 133, February 137, March 216, April 423, May 813, June 381, July 633, August 367, September 273, October 223, November 140, December 125.
United States10,825
Canada5,331
Ontario2,219
Quebec1,065
Virginia890
New York841
Texas713
Maryland713
Ohio635
Minnesota619

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
GenusHagenius

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