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Insect Identification > Description of the Common Sanddragon
 

Details of the Common Sanddragon

CATEGORY:
Dragonfly or Damselfly

COMMON NAME:
"Common Sanddragon"

SCIENTIFIC NAME:
(Progomphus obscurus)

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

OTHER NAME(S):
Sanddragon


CHARACTERISTICS:

ADULT SIZE (Length, not including legs):
43mm to 71mm (1.69in to 2.80in) (Compare Size)

IDENTIFYING COLORS: brown, yellow, white

North American Reach
Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska
 
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