Identification

Field Marks

• Average adult size is approximately from 1.7 to 2.1 inches
• Pale yellow face with no facial markings
• Blue eyes, bluish-grey when immature
• Greenish yellow thorax with the front pair of thoracic stripes slightly seperated and the second pair connected, widening at the base
• Brown legs with pale tibiae
• Dark abdomen with yellow lance shaped top spots on segments 3-8
• Segment 9 is mostly yellow on top with a yellow spot on segment 10
• The sides of segment 8 and 9 are covered by bright yellow patches
• Cerci are shaped like the horns of a pronghorn antelope, which is where the species gets its common name

Behavior

Like other species of Phanogomphus, Pronghorn Clubtail are typically found perched on a rock, the ground, or low in the bushes. Males may patrol the water but they rarely stop to hover like many other species of Gomphidae

Habitat

Slow moving water such as lakes, ponds, and slow moving streams

Reproduction

Females lay eggs by flying slowly and tapping their abdomen on the surface of the water every few feet. Each tap they can lay up to around 50 eggs.