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  Moustached Clubtail
            Gomphus (Hylogomphus) adelphus Selys, 1858

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Range & Habitat:

Recorded only from Sussex County where it usually is found in along clean gravelly or rocky rivers.  

Mustached Clubtail male 

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Description:

Small, with a moderate club.  The face has two black lines, the thorax has wide U shaped frontal stripes and has the lateral stripes interrupted or missing.  The abdomen is mostly black, lateral yellow spots, if present are usually small.  Note - the individual in the thumbnails is quite young, with brown eyes and bright yellow coloration. Compare to Spine-Crowned Clubtail and Green-faced Clubtail.

 

Conservation Status:

State: S1 - Critically imperiled in NJ

Global: G4 - Apparently secure globally

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Flight season:

Early Date: 5/23
Late Date: 6/22

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Flight Season
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Number of Records
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Date, distribution, and status data courtesy of Allen Barlow, NJOS
© 2006 Jim Bangma, NJOS  Comments or suggestions?  Use the Feedback Form