Baskettail

Guides

  • Epitheca canis

    Beaverpond Baskettail

    Epitheca canis, commonly known as the Beaverpond Baskettail, is a species of emerald dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It is native to North America and belongs to a genus characterized by distinctive egg-laying behaviors. Like other baskettails, it possesses brilliant green eyes as an adult. The species inhabits wetland environments, particularly beaver ponds, from which its common name derives.

    dragonflyemeraldbaskettailwetlandNorth-AmericaOdonataCorduliidae

  • Epitheca costalis

    Slender Baskettail, Stripe-winged Baskettail

    Epitheca costalis is an emerald dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, commonly known as the slender baskettail or stripe-winged baskettail. It is found in North America and is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, with a stable population and no immediate threats to survival. The species is part of the baskettail genus, named for the distinctive egg-laying behavior where females carry eggs in a basket-like structure before trailing them in gelatinous strings across water surfaces.

    dragonflyemeraldbaskettailCorduliidaeOdonataNorth-Americaexophytic-ovipositionleast-concern

  • Epitheca sepia

    sepia baskettail

    Epitheca sepia, commonly known as the sepia baskettail, is a species of emerald dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It is found in North America. The species is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN with a stable population and no immediate threats to survival.

    dragonflyemeraldbaskettailNorth-America

  • Epitheca spinigera

    Spiny Baskettail

    Epitheca spinigera, the Spiny Baskettail, is a dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. Adults have brilliant green eyes characteristic of the family. The species is active from late May to early July in North America. Like other baskettails, females practice exophytic oviposition, extruding eggs onto the subgenital plate and trailing them in gelatinous strings through water during flight rather than inserting them into vegetation.

    CorduliidaedragonflyNorth-Americaspring-flightexophytic-ovipositiongreen-eyesbaskettail

  • Epitheca stella

    Florida baskettail

    Epitheca stella, the Florida baskettail, is a species of emerald dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It is found in North America. The species is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, with a stable population and no immediate threats to survival; this status was reviewed in 2017.

    dragonflyOdonataCorduliidaeemeraldbaskettailFloridaNorth-Americaleast-concernIUCN-stable