Scientific Name: Onychogomphus uncatus (Gomphidae).
English Name: Large Pincertail (Clubtails and pincertails family).
French Name: Le Gomphe à crochets (='the Gomphid with hooks').
5 Key Characters:
- males have yellow pincers at the end of their abdomens.
- no yellow stripe between the eyes.
Habitat: Smaller, shady streams.
Flight Period: June-July-August-September.
Status: Rare.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
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ReplyDeleteThe lower pincer is smoothly curved and finishes INSIDE the two side pincers
See http://le-moulin-de-la-forge.blogspot.fr/2014/08/a-most-distinguished-visitor.html
Thanks Tim. As you can see by the brevity, this is just a stub (as Wikipedia would say...). Because I was tweaking the Gomphids it seemed the best idea to get this up. I'll finish it and put in a photo shortly.
DeleteYou know that you can always use my pix... until you get your own, naturally.
DeleteAll my pix are Creative Commons / Credited, No Alterations, No Commercial Use...
even if they aren't tagged as such... trying to re-tag past pix in Fumblr and the like is a pain as you cannot do so in bulk!!