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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.
This group is named for their habit of perching on
leaves, causing the leaf to hang down.Others species perch on
leaves with their rear end pointing downward or perch on the ground with
their abdomens slightly raised.
Most Hanging Clubtails can be patrolling over large, slow flowing
mud-bottomed rivers and streams with sandy banks and rarely lakes. Others prefer
rapid waters with varied bottoms. |