Flight season: mid-May to mid-July.
Population: common at Drag Lake.
Length: about 50 mm. Best separated from the Lancet and Ashy Clubtails
by the cerci and secondary genitalia (males) or subgenital plate (females).
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Drag Lake, about 7.25 km west of Tweed:
shallow water, rock-bottomed, appears to be somewhat calcareous, with marshy shorelines supporting rushes, sedges and Cattails.
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Male Dusky Clubtail (Gomphus spicatus)
June 08, 2014
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Another male Dusky Clubtail (Gomphus spicatus), with views of its cerci
(June 08, 2014).
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Female Dusky Clubtail (Gomphus spicatus)
June 08, 2014
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Another female Dusky Clubtail (Gomphus spicatus) and an image of its subgenital plate
(June 08, 2014).
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East of Tweed, along the trans-Canada Trail:
deciduous woodland with clearings created by the trans-Canada Trail, Stoco Lake nearby to the south.
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Teneral male Dusky Clubtail (Gomphus spicatus)
May 20, 2016
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East of Tweed, along the trans-Canada Trail:
marsh supporting Cattails and sedges, bordered by alder and willow swamp.
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Teneral female Dusky Clubtail (Gomphus spicatus)
May 23, 2016
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Tweed, Ontario, near the intersection of Victoria St. and Spring St:
residential and business area.
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Male Dusky Clubtail (Gomphus spicatus) – roadkill and in pretty rough shape,
but also an opportunity to photodocument the anatomical details of a co-operative subject
(May 15, 2012).
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