We published a
paper about refinding Tiger Spiketail (
Cordulegaster erronea) in the Great Lakes Lakes Entomologist (
50(1-2):1-5 · January 2017) a couple years ago. I thought it would be worthwhile to note this paper given similar habitats that may be occupied by Tiger Spiketail and Gray Petaltail (
T. thoreyi) that we found at Fort Custer Training Center in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
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Title and Abstract. Note: both Julie Craves and Mark O'Brien have retired from their positions posted |
Individuals were initially found on July 3, 2016, and multiple individuals were found in June-July-2017.
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female Tiger Spiketail posed along two-track |
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male Tiger Spiketail perched on sunlit branch |
In 2017, I searched habitats near the two-track in order to find potential breeding site(s). The most promising location was south of the area with a seep flowing from the hillside and forming a rivulet. This traveled a couple hundred meters before ending in a marshy / fen area. Further downstream is a large fen area.
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close-up of seep likely to be a breeding site |
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flow into the swampy area |
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