Robust Baskettail

Epitheca spinosa · Order: Odonata · Family: Corduliidae

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Robust Baskettail
Photo: hr_dragonfly, CC BY

The robust baskettail dragonfly is recorded in North America. It lives in habitats across North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The robust baskettail dragonfly is recorded in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in habitats across 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 15 of 51 states and DC. Most records: New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Robust Baskettail photo 2
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY
Robust Baskettail photo 3
Photo: Nick Newberry, CC BY
Robust Baskettail photo 4
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY
Robust Baskettail photo 5
Photo: Paul Bedell, CC BY-SA

Questions people ask

Where does the robust baskettail live?

It is found throughout North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Corduliidae)

Prince BaskettailPrince BaskettailEpitheca princepsDowny EmeraldDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaCommon BaskettailCommon BaskettailEpitheca cynosuraTau EmeraldTau EmeraldHemicordulia tauAmerican EmeraldAmerican EmeraldCordulia shurtleffiiAustralian Emerald DragonflyAustralian Emerald DragonflyHemicordulia australiae

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitheca_spinosa

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-26 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-26.

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