Flag-tailed Spinyleg Dragonfly Images

Flag-tailed Spinyleg Dragonfly Images, Facts and Information:

Dromogomphus spoliatus

  • Flag-tailed Spinyleg Dragonflies are brightly-colored clubtailed dragonflies with long, spiny hind legs, greenish-yellow thorax with dark stripes, and black-ringed abdomens. Males have a larger orangish club than females.
  • Flag-tailed Spinyleg Dragonflies are found in the Midwestern United States, ranging from western Ohio to eastern Kansas and south to the Gulf of Mexico, with northern Iowa being the northern limit of their range. Flag-tailed Spinyleg Dragonflies inhabit slow rivers and streams, and large ponds.
  • Flag-tailed Spinyleg Dragonflies feed on small insects.
  • A group of dragonflies is commonly called a “swarm” or “cluster,” though this is not specific to Flag-tailed Spinyleg Dragonflies.

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