Kebnat
INSECTS

Common Baskettail

Epitheca cynosura

Insects
Native
Common Baskettail, photo 1 of 5
Common Baskettail, Nymph
Common Baskettail, Male
40.5 mmLength

Dragonfly or damselfly in the family Corduliidae 40.5 mm long. Lives near water. Feeds on insects.

There are 159 observations of Common Baskettail in Québec, mostly in Laurentides, Estrie and Montérégie, and it has been reported in 13 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and become rare from August to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Laurentides41
  2. Estrie27
  3. Montérégie20
  4. Outaouais20
  5. Centre-du-Québec15
  6. Abitibi-Témiscamingue11
  7. Capitale-Nationale6
  8. Mauricie6
  9. Lanaudière5
  10. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  11. Montréal3
  12. Nord-du-Québec1
  13. Côte-Nord1

Habitat

Water’s edgepeupleloup

Similar species

Spiny BaskettailEpitheca spinigera
Beaverpond BaskettailEpitheca canis
Blue DasherPachydiplax longipennis
Black SaddlebagsTramea lacerata
Prince BaskettailEpitheca princeps
Four-spotted SkimmerLibellula quadrimaculata
Widow SkimmerLibellula luctuosa
Common WhitetailPlathemis lydia
Chalk-fronted CorporalLadona julia
Dot-tailed WhitefaceLeucorrhinia intacta
Uhler's SundragonHelocordulia uhleri
Variegated MeadowhawkSympetrum corruptum