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Grappletail

 

genus: Octogomphus

Grappletail

One species occurs in this genus.  Grappletails are large sized dragonflies with a yellow to pale green thorax displaying wide black shoulder stripes. The abdomen is very thin almost all black and widest at the tip with a yellow cerci.  The wings are clear with black stigmas and the hind-wing appears wide. 

Females are quite similar to males, but have a thin yellow line on their dorsal abdomen.

Inhabits clear mountain streams and rivers with riffles in wooded hillsides.

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