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INSECTS

Beaverpond Baskettail

Epitheca canis

Insects
Native
Beaverpond Baskettail, photo 1 of 5
Beaverpond Baskettail, Male
Beaverpond Baskettail, Female
47.5 mmLength

Dragonfly or damselfly in the family Corduliidae 47.5 mm long. Lives near water.

There are 407 observations of Beaverpond Baskettail in Québec, mostly in Estrie, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Laurentides, and it has been reported in 16 of the 17 regions. They peak in May and June and become rare from August to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Estrie70
  2. Abitibi-Témiscamingue56
  3. Laurentides42
  4. Capitale-Nationale41
  5. Chaudière-Appalaches39
  6. Lanaudière33
  7. Mauricie32
  8. Outaouais28
  9. Centre-du-Québec18
  10. Montérégie15
  11. Montréal10
  12. Nord-du-Québec9
  13. Laval7
  14. Bas-Saint-Laurent5
  15. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  16. Côte-Nord1

Habitat

Water’s edgepeupleloup

Similar species

Common BaskettailEpitheca cynosura
Spiny BaskettailEpitheca spinigera
Uhler's SundragonHelocordulia uhleri
Stream CruiserMacromia transversa
Four-spotted SkimmerLibellula quadrimaculata