Bug FAQTamaulipan Clubtail
Gomphurus gonzalezi · Order: Odonata · Family: Gomphidae
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Gomphurus gonzalezi, the Tamaulipan clubtail, is a club-tail dragonfly in the family Gomphidae.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Gomphurus gonzalezi is a clubtail dragonfly belonging to the family Gomphidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its range includes the lower Rio Grande area of the United States and extends across the border into Mexico.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 1 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas.
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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
Same family (Gomphidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomphurus_gonzalezi
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.