Flight season: mid-May to mid-August.
Population: not uncommon.
Length: about 50 mm.
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South of Tweed, Ontario, Lost Channel Road at bridge over the Moira River near Paradise Lane:
rock-bottomed river with fast flowing water, rapids and emergent rocks,
the shoreline is generally wooded with some clearings supporting tall grasses and wildflowers.
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Male Rusty Snaketail (Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis)
Photo by Jason King (June 15, 2014)
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Tweed, Ontario, the Moira River near the walking bridge and dam:
rock-bottomed river with fast flowing water, rapids and emergent rocks, but also quiet pools and backwaters.
The shoreline vegetation is mostly trees with a few small clearings supporting tall grasses and wildflowers.
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Female Rusty Snaketail (Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis) –
images of the subgenital plate
(May 19, 2015).
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Tweed, Ontario, the Moira River shoreline between the bridges at Bridge St. (near the dam) and Louisa Street:
rock-bottomed river with fast flowing water, rapids and emergent rocks, but also a few quiet pools and backwaters.
The shoreline consists of flat, barren rocky areas,
further back from the shore the vegetation is tall grasses, wildflowers and trees.
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Teneral female Rusty Snaketail (Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis) –
this individual is a little older with stronger colors
(May 19, 2015).
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East of Tweed, Ontario, along the trans-Canada Trail:
a small clearing in deciduous woodland.
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Immature female Rusty Snaketail (Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis) –
not far past its teneral stage, foraging among low vegetation a good ½ km east of the Moira River
(May 22, 2015).
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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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Male Rusty Snaketail (Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis)
June 19, 2016
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