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  Sable Clubtail
            Gomphus (Gomphurus) rogersi (Gloyd, 1936)

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Range & Habitat:

Known locally from the northern tier of counties where it is found along small rocky streams.

 Sable CLubtail male lateral 

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Description:

A medium sized dark clubtail with green eyes and black facial stripes.  The abdomen is mostly black with a bit of yellow laterally on S8&9.  Females have brighter yellow markings dorsally on the abdomen.

 

Conservation Status:

State: S1S2 - Imperiled to critically imperiled in New Jersey

Global: G4 - Apparently secure globally

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Flight season:

Early Date: 5/23
Late Date: 6/24

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Flight Season
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Number of Records
7 
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1 7
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Months

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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