Pacific Spiketail

Scientific Classification

Order Odonata
Suborder
Anisoptera
(Dragonfly)
Family
Cordulegastridae
(Spiketails)
Genus
Cordulegaster
Species
dorsalis
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Identification Tips

Pacific Spiketail, Male, Greer Area, Apache, AZ, 17 July 2016 Pacific Spiketail, Male, Greer Area, Apache, AZ, 17 July 2016

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Seasonal Changes in Occurrence

Data (4 accepted records) from Odonata Central, August 2026.

Images

Pacific Spiketail Pacific Spiketail, Male, N. Fork of White River, Apache, AZ, 4 July 2016
Pacific Spiketail Pacific Spiketail, Male (posed), W. Fork of Little Colorado River, Greer, Apache, AZ, 17 July 2016
Pacific Spiketail Pacific Spiketail, Male (posed), Creek near Hawley Lake, Apache, AZ, 5 August 2012
Pacific Spiketail Pacific Spiketail, Male (same as above), Creek near Hawley Lake, Apache, AZ, 5 August 2012
Pacific Spiketail Pacific Spiketail, Male (same as above), Creek near Hawley Lake, Apache, AZ, 5 August 2012
Pacific Spiketail Pacific Spiketail, Male (same as above), Creek near Hawley Lake, Apache, AZ, 5 August 2012
Pacific Spiketail Pacific Spiketail, Male (same as above), Creek near Hawley Lake, Apache, AZ, 5 August 2012