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  Beaverpond Clubtail
            Gomphus (Gomphus) borealis Needham, 1900

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Species distribution map

Range & Habitat:

Known only from a few records in Sussex County, in or near old beaverponds and pristine ponds.

  

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Description:

Best told from other Slender Clubtails by the broad triangular frontal stripes. See the Slender Clubtail ID page for more detail or take the ID quiz!

 

Conservation Status:

State: S1 - Critically imperiled in NJ

Global: G4 - Apparently secure globally

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Flight season:

Early Date: 5/23
Late Date: 6/17

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Flight Season
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Number of Records
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Months

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Date, distribution, and status data courtesy of Allen Barlow, NJOS
© 2006 Jim Bangma, NJOS  Comments or suggestions?  Use the Feedback Form