Cordulegastridae

The Cordulegastridae are a family of Odonata (dragonflies) from the suborder Anisoptera. They are commonly known as spiketails. Some vernacular names for the species of this family are biddie and flying adder. They have large, brown or black bodies with yellow markings, and narrow unpatterned wings. Their bright eyes touch at a single point, and they can be found along small, clear, woodland streams, flying slowly 30 to 70 cm above the water. When disturbed, however, they can fly very rapidly. They usually hunt high in forest vegetation, and prefer to capture prey resting on leaves or bra

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Cordulegaster is a genus of dragonflies in the family Cordulegastridae. It contains the following species: Cordulegaster annandalei Cordulegaster bidentata – sombre goldenring Cordulegaster bilineata – brown spiketail Cordulegaster boltonii – golden-ringed dragonfly, common goldenring Cordulegaster brevistigma Cordulegaster diadema – Apache spiketail Cordulegaster diastatops – delta-spotted spiketail Cordulegaster dorsalis – Pacific spiketail Cordulegaster erronea – tiger spiketail Cordulegaster helladica Cordulegaster heros – Balkan goldenring Cordulegaster insignis Cordulegaster jinensis

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Anotogaster is a genus of dragonflies in the family Cordulegastridae.

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