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With eleven species in North America, these rather large gomphids
exhibit considerable variety in form and coloration. The front of
the thorax is dark in coloration in color with two pale narrow frontal
stripes that do not meet. The abdomen is for the most part long and
slender, slightly clubbed. The wings are hyaline, the legs short. |
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Inhabits rivers, streams, lakes. They often rest
in trees, usually well above the waters surface. The group is named for
their habit of perching on leaves, causing the leaf to hang down. |