{"id":14439,"date":"2021-06-30T06:59:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T10:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=14439"},"modified":"2021-06-30T06:59:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T10:59:55","slug":"pygmy-clubtail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=14439","title":{"rendered":"Pygmy Clubtail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psnp.info\\\/p4td_\\\/?p=14439\"}' class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/dscn3604.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"14436\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=14436\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/dscn3604.jpg?fit=2000%2C1874&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1874\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Northern Pygmy Clubtail (?): Branch Brook, Kennebunk, Maine, USA. \u2014 It is always fun to find a new (to me) dragonfly on my rambles around the back roads of York County Maine. Every time I cross Branch Brook on my eTadpole recumbent trike, which is generally at least once a week as the bridge is on one of my \u201cgo to\u201d exercise loops, I think that I should stop and explore the stream for dragonflies\u2026and yesterday, since I was in no great hurry in the unaccustomed heat, I finally did it. I only found two dragonflies, a female Ebony Jewelwing, and this tiny clubtail, which is new to me. Looking at the photos, and considering the location, it is clearly a Pygmy Clubtail, and I am pretty sure it is a Northern. However, the watershed where I found it is one of the few with a confirmed presence of Southern Pygmy Clubtail in Maine, and my AI tools consistently ID it as Southern. To my eye there is more than one strip on the thorax, which, according to Paulson, makes it Northern\u2026but I can not be 100% sure. Anyone who knows better is welcome to chime in. Nikon B700 at 135mm macro and 1440mm telephoto equivalents. Program mode. 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