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  Riffle Snaketail
            Ophiogomphus carolus Needham, 1897

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Species distribution map

Range & Habitat:

Only recorded in Sussex County, no known breeding population has yet been located.  The records may be of vagrants from the north or they are hiding somewhere we haven't found yet.

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Description:

Description not yet completed

 

Conservation Status:

State: S1 - Critically imperiled in NJ

Global: G5 - Secure globally, but possibly rare in parts of its range

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Flight season:

Early Date: 5/27
Late Date: 7/5

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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