Onychogomphus uncatus - but what gender?

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Onychogomphus uncatus - but what gender?

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paul m Really Wild Member Registered: November 2006 Location: Sheffield, South Yorks, UK Posts: 2,404	Met this dragonfly walking along a mountain road on Cabo Ogono, Basque Country, August 2007. With the help of the excellent WestPalOdos group had it identified to this species but there was much interest in its sex! Some said female but one well-supported idea was that its was a gynandromorph - hermaphroditic because the back end looks neither male nor female! Just my luck to pick a weirdy ...
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Guy F

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Registered: December 2006
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Sat 8, March 2008 9:44am

Nice shot, and what a strange insect! To me the appendages look more male than female (although they don't look right for either!) and the body shape looks more like a female to me.

I think I was looking at the same species in France (although I'm not certain I got the id right) here are a couple comparison shots:

This is a male

http://www.wildabouttheworld.com/gal....php?photo=830

And a female

http://www.wildabouttheworld.com/gal....php?photo=833

It's certainly an interesting find!

Guy

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paul m

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Registered: November 2006
Location: Sheffield, South Yorks, UK
Posts: 2,404

Sun 9, March 2008 1:28pm

Yes, nothing ambivalent about your pictures .... if I'd known about this possibility then I would have taken more interest and photographed in more detail ... ho hum.

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