Meet the Grappeltail dragonfly, the club-tailed dragonfly. It belongs to the genus Octogomphus, which has one species, O. specularis. The dragonfly derives its common name from the club-like widening at the end of its abdomen. UC Davis dragonfly experts Christofer Brothers, a doctoral candidate, and naturalist Greg Kareofelas of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, recently discussed the grappeltail dragonfly on "Critter Chat," a radio...
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