Unicorns in Northern Virginia? One of the coolest dragonflies at Huntley Meadows Park is the Unicorn Clubtail (Arigomphus villosipes), like this one that I spotted along a stream in a remote area of the park on Saturday morning. The U-shaped tip of the abdomen is quite distinctive and makes this dragonfly fairly easy to identify.
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Mike Powell 
Very Nice! And what a Cool looking Dragonfly!
Thanks, Reed. It’s always fun to seek out the relatively uncommon dragonflies, but they tend to be in the out-of-the-way places.
[…] You’ll have to trust me on that point or check out a 2017 blog post entitled Unicorn in Northern Virginia that includes a better view of the unicorn […]