Spiny baskettail

The spiny baskettail (Epitheca spinigera) is a dragonfly of the Corduliidae family. Flight season is late May to early July.^[3]

Spiny baskettail
Spiny baskettail, teneral male
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Corduliidae
Genus:	Epitheca
Species:	E. spinigera
Binomial name
Epitheca spinigera (Selys, 1871)[2]
Synonyms
Tetragoneuria spinigera[2]

Etymology

The scientific name, spinigera, means spine-bearing. The males have a sharp looking spine that points downward from the cerci (at the end of the abdomen).^[4] The spine may be absent on rare occasions.^[3]