To date there are only three records of
Grappletail in Monterey County. All three were collected along or near
Finch Creek at Hastings Natural History Reservation in upper Carmel
Valley in 1943. All were males on these dates: 21 May, 14 July, and 17
July. The specimens are part of the HNHR collection now held at the
Oakland Museum.
There are no photos of Grappletail in MTY to
date. Identification is covered by Manolis (2003).
The map shows the only known location for
Grappletail in MTY to date: along Finch Creek at Hastings NHR from May
to July. This species occurs widely along creeks and rocky streams in
the montane foothills of California, west of the Sierran crest. It
likely occurs along other similar creeks in the Santa Lucia Mts., up to
1500 m (5000' elev.).
This species has a fairly early flight
season, ranging from April to August (Manolis 2003). In MTY the records
to date range from 21 May-17 July.
Literature cited:
Manolis, T. 2003. Dragonflies and Damselflies of
California. Univ. of
Calif.
Press, Berkeley.
Web resources:
Major identification web sites with much information on California
odes include:
Kathy
Biggs's
site
[photos,
i.d. discussions & keys to all California species]
Dennis
Paulson
pages
[very useful
scans of dragonflies, including many California species]
For sites with excellent photos to compare for identification or to
simply
enjoy, see:
The map shows the only known location for
Grappletail in MTY to date: along Finch Creek at Hastings NHR from May
to July. This species occurs widely along creeks and rocky streams in
the montane foothills of California, west of the Sierran crest. It
likely occurs along other similar creeks in the Santa Lucia Mts., up to
1500 m (5000' elev.).