Flight season: early May to mid-July.
Population: common, found near marshes, ponds and small lakes.
Length: about 45 mm. Best separated from similar Epitheca species
by the cerci (males) or the subgenital plate (females).
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Tweed, Ontario, about ½ km west of town, a marsh bordering the trans-Canada Trail:
typical local marsh with Cattails, sedges and other emergent vegetation, various small willows, alders, dogwoods and some Tamarack.
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Views of a male Beaverpond Baskettail (Epitheca canis)
and its distinctive downturned cerci.
The basal patches on the hind wings are reduced or absent,
the back of the head is pale
(May 25, 2011).
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Male Beaverpond Baskettail (Epitheca canis) –
an older individual, the eyes have turned bluish with age.
The bent cerci with their dorsal and ventral teeth are discernible from a distance
(May 25, 2012).
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Vanderwater Conservation Area:
Moira River, rock-bottomed with fast flowing water, rapids and emergent rocks, but also quiet pools and backwaters.
The shoreline vegetation consists of wooded areas and clearings supporting tall grasses and wildflowers.
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Female Beaverpond Baskettail (Epitheca canis) –
the wings of older females acquire a brown wash
(June 15, 2014).
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The dorsal surface of the frons lacks a "T"-shaped mark
(June 15, 2014).
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The subgenital plates of this species resemble sausages
and the appendages are relatively short and close to one another
(June 15, 2014).
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West of Tweed, Ontario, along the trans-Canada Trail:
marsh near a dry sandy field, bordered by mixed woodlands.
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Study of a female Beaverpond Baskettail (Epitheca canis)
May 14, 2015
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