Flight season: mid-May to mid-July.
Population: common.
Found foraging in clearings or along trails near marshes, ponds and small lakes.
Length: about 40 mm to 45 mm. Females are similar to males.
Best separated from similar Epitheca species by the cerci (males) or the subgenital plate (females).
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Tweed, Ontario, near a sand-bottomed woodland stream east of town along trans-Canada Trail:
small sand bottomed creek as well as some standing or slowly moving water in shady forested areas.
Sunlit open spaces are created by the trail. The lagoon is located not far to the north.
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Male Spiny Baskettail (Epitheca spinigera) �
the basal patches on the hind wings are small or absent,
the back of the head is jet black
(May 25, 2011).
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Male Spiny Baskettail (Epitheca spinigera), claspers �
the cerci have a sharp ventral tooth
(May 25, 2011).
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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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Female Spiny Baskettail (Epitheca spinigera)
May 14, 2015
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The dorsal surface of the frons has a bold "T"-shaped mark
(May 14, 2015).
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The subgenital plates are bent in the middle and the appendages are long and close together
(May 14, 2015).
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West of Tweed, Ontario, near a beaver meadow bordering the trans-Canada Trail:
wetland supporting Cattails, wetland rushes and sedges, bordered by deciduous forest.
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Study of a female Spiny Baskettail (Epitheca spinigera)
May 14, 2015
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