A Northern Pygmy Clubtail in Bethleham, New Hampshire (6/17/2012).
Photo by
Jason Lambert
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Status
The diminutive Northern Pygmy Clubtail (Lanthus parvulus) is scarcely larger than Eastern Least Clubtail. Like its congener, the formerly conspecific Southern Pygmy Clubtail (L. vernalis), it strongly prefers tiny vegetated streams and seeps to the larger waters frequented by most gomphids. In Maryland this northern species occurs only at higher elevations in Garrett and Allegany Counties (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).
Description
Northern Pygmy Clubtail has two black lateral thoracic stripes (T3-T4). Its relative, Southern Pygmy Clubtail, has only one stripe on the side of the thorax (T4) (Paulson, 2011).
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A Northern Pygmy Clubtail in Bethleham, New Hampshire (6/17/2012).
Media by
Jason Lambert.