The Arrowhead Spiketail is a large, impressive dragonfly with bold yellow arrowhead markings on a black abdomen. Females have a long, spike-like ovipositor used to drill eggs into stream sediments. It patrols long stretches of shaded woodland streams and springs, flying low and slow along the water's edge.
Habitat
Forested streams, seeps, and spring-fed creeks
Diet
Adults: large insects. Nymphs: aquatic invertebrates buried in stream sediment
How common
Uncommon
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