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Sinuous Snaketail

Ophiogomphus occidentis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Oregon.January 23, February 21, March 25, April 36, May 49, June 61, July 39, August 23, September 24, October 22, November 19, December 21.
United States753
Oregon327
Canada313
British Columbia182
California176
Washington140
Alberta131
Idaho64
Nevada10
Utah3

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
GenusSnaketails · Ophiogomphus

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