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Olive Clubtail

Stylurus olivaceus

512 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Oregon.January 23, February 21, March 25, April 35, May 48, June 35, July 26, August 72, September 40, October 22, November 19, December 21.
United States939
Oregon322
Washington321
California185
Nevada72
Canada52
Idaho27
British Columbia27
Alberta24
Utah5

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
GenusHanging Clubtails · Stylurus

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