Harpoon Clubtail - Gomphus descriptus

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Harpoon Clubtail
Gomphus (Gomphus) descriptus Banks, 1896

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Range & Habitat:

Known only from Sussex County where it inhabits clean rivers and streams, often near gravel bars.

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male lateral

female lateral

female dorsal

Description:

Similar to Ashy Clubtail, but black, with more extensive light coloring on the lateral thorax. Frontal stripes broad, with Z-type extensions. See the Slender Clubtail ID page for more detail or take the ID quiz!

Conservation Status:

State: S1 - Critically imperiled in NJ

Global: G4 - Apparently secure globally

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Flight season:

Early Date: 5/7
Late Date: 7/4

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Flight Season

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Number of Records

	7
	0

Months

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Date, distribution, and status data courtesy of Allen Barlow, NJOS