Bug FAQTiger Spiketail
Cordulegaster erronea · Order: Odonata · Family: Cordulegastridae
The tiger spiketail, also called Zoraena erronea, is a species of spiketail dragonfly in the family Cordulegastridae. It lives in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Zoraena erronea, the tiger spiketail, belongs to the dragonfly family Cordulegastridae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
The tiger 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 14 of 51 states and DC. Most records: North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Ohio, Michigan.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Cordulegastridae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoraena_erronea
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.