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  Beaverpond Baskettail
            Epitheca (Tetragoneuria) canis (McLachlan, 1886)

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Range & Habitat:

Found in the northwest where it commonly inhabits beaver ponds and other still water.

 Beaverpond Baskettail male dorsal 

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Description:

Known from Common Baskettail by the spindle shaped abdomen, strongly constricted at S3.  Note the shape of the claspers shown in the lateral photo.

 

Conservation Status:

State: S2 - Imperiled in New Jersey

Global: G5 - Secure globally, but possibly rare in parts of its range

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Flight season:

Early Date: 5/4
Late Date: 6/17

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Flight Season
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Number of Records
14 
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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