Bug FAQPrince Baskettail
Epitheca princeps · Order: Odonata · Family: Corduliidae
Prince Baskettail is a dragonfly that lives in North America. All known records place it in the same region for its identity, habitat, and native range.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The species is recorded from North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It lives in North American habitats.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range is North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 39 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Ohio, Texas, Michigan, Florida, Illinois, Virginia, North Carolina, Minnesota.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Corduliidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitheca_princeps
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.