Dragonhunter (NPS National Capital Region Odonata)

Dragonhunter

Hagenius brevistylus

Summary ⁶

The Dragonhunter or Black Clubtail (Hagenius brevistylus), sometimes called the Black Dragon, is a clubtail dragonfly of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.

Range description ⁷

This species occurs in five provinces in Canada and thirty four states in the United States of America.

Habitat and ecology ⁸

Habitat and Ecology

This species prefers a wide variety of streams and rivers, less commonly on lakes. Like other top predators (cougars, wolves, great horned owls), they appear to be able to utilize all habitats. This may be because the larva is not a burrower (it rests among detritus), therefore not tied to any particular substrate.

Systems

Terrestrial
Freshwater

Sources and Credits

(c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Greg Lasley
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(c) Phil Myers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/phil_myers/odonata/Gomphidae-other/Hagenius_zebramussel3775/medium.jpg
Adapted by Allie Hay from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagenius_brevistylus
Adapted by Allie Hay from a work by (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31075334
(c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31075336