Identification

Field Marks

• Average adult size is approximately from 2.1 to 2.6 inches
• Pale face with no facial markings
• Immature Russet-tipped Clubtail's have grey eyes that turn blue as they mature
• Pale thorax with 4 distinct thoracic stripes
• Legs pale at the base and black at the bottom
• Dark abdomen with pale lance shaped top spots on segments 3 to 6 and a small triangular spot on segment 7
• Segments 7 to 10 are a rusty orange color
• Sides of segments 7 to 10 mustard yellow color with a black outline
• Black terminal appendages

Identification

Field Marks

• Female is colored similarly to the male
• Female's abdomen is less clubbed than the male's
• Dark abdomen with pale lance shaped top spots on segments 3 to 8
• Short terminal appendages
• Small triangular subgenital plates

Behavior

Russet-tipped Clubtails are active throughout most of the day. Males patrol back and forth over their breeding territory. When not at the water they usually perch vertically in the trees or horizontally on leaves that bend down under their weight

Habitat

Silty bottomed Rivers, steams and lakes with little to no current

Reproduction

Pairs typically mate in trees or bushes. Females lay eggs by flying fast and low over the water and dipping their adbomen at regular intervals, sometimes perching in between ovipositing.