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Spiny Baskettail
Epitheca spinigera
The spiny baskettail (Epitheca spinigera) is a dragonfly of the Corduliidae family.
Flight season is late May to early July.
From the article Spiny baskettail on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The scientific name, spinigera, means spine-bearing. The males have a sharp looking spine that points downward from the cerci (at the end of the abdomen). The spine may be absent on rare occasions.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 100218.