Howard County Bird Club
A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society
Common Sanddragon
Place name abbreviations: MPEA – Middle Patuxent Environment Area; PRSP – Patuxent River State Park; PVSP – Patapsco River Valley State Park; WMA – Wildlife Management Area.
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| Species common name Scientific name |
Length (in inches; M and F if different) | Flight season Relative abundance |
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| Habitat. | |||
| Common Sanddragon Progomphus obscurus |
2.0-2.2″ | E-May — E-Aug Uncommon. |
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| Habitat: Small to medium streams. Adults wander; sometimes found perching from weed tops to treetops far from larval habitats. Predominantly on sandy sections of Patuxent/Little Patuxent Rivers on mud/sandbars. Wary. | |||
Male
June 2, 2007
Marriottsville, PVSP
June Tveekrem
Male
June 27, 2009
Font Hill Park
June Tveekrem
Emerging
June 2, 2016
MPEA
Bonnie Ott
Emerged
June 2, 2016
MPEA
Bonnie Ott
Exuvia
June 25, 1997
Old Frederick Road, PVSP
Jo Solem