Bug FAQBrown Spiketail
Cordulegaster bilineata · Order: Odonata · Family: Cordulegastridae
The brown spiketail, scientific name Zoraena bilineata, is a dragonfly species in the family Cordulegastridae. It lives in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Zoraena bilineata, called the brown spiketail, belongs to the dragonfly family Cordulegastridae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
The brown spiketail is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range includes North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 16 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan, Maryland, Georgia, Tennessee, West Virginia.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Cordulegastridae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoraena_bilineata
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.