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Common Sanddragon

 

Other Name(s): Sanddragon

Characteristics:


General Adult Size (Length):
43mm to 71mm (1.69in to 2.80in)

Identifying Colors: brown, yellow, white

North American reach includes (may not be limited to): Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska

Category: Dragonfly or Damselfly
Common Name: Common Sanddragon
Scientific Name: (Progomphus obscurus)

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum
: Arthropoda
   Class:
Insecta
    Order
: Odonata
     Family: Gomphidae
      Genus: Progomphus
       Species: obscurus


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