Dusky Clubtail

Dusky clubtails are medium-sized clubtail dragonflies found around clear lakes, boggy ponds, and slow streams across northeastern North America. Males spend sunny mornings basking on low shoreline vegetation, bare sand, or floating logs, flying out periodically to defend small territories. Females drop their eggs into shallow water with rapid taps of the abdomen, leaving aquatic nymphs to spend up to two years buried in muddy bottom sediment hunting larvae.