Mustached Clubtail (Gomphus adelphus)

Clear, clean and cold is how Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) like their rivers [July 6; Brule River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Clear, clean and cold is how Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) like their rivers [July 6; Brule River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Clear, clean and cold is how Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) like their rivers [July 6; Brule River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Clear, clean and cold is how Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) like their rivers [July 6; Brule River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Clear, clean and cold is how Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) like their rivers [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Clear, clean and cold is how Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) like their rivers [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Clear, clean and cold is how Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) like their rivers [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Clear, clean and cold is how Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) like their rivers [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Note the clubbed abdomen of this male Mustached Clubtail (Gomphus adelphus) [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Note the clubbed abdomen of this male Mustached Clubtail (Gomphus adelphus) [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Note the clubbed abdomen of this male Mustached Clubtail (Gomphus adelphus) [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Unlike the male, female Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) have an unclubbed abdomen—thick and straight. They also have the green eyes, yellow face with thick black "mustache and goatee" [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Unlike the male, female Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) have an unclubbed abdomen—thick and straight. They also have the green eyes, yellow face with thick black "mustache and goatee" [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Unlike the male, female Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) have an unclubbed abdomen—thick and straight. They also have the green eyes, yellow face with thick black "mustache and goatee" [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Unlike the male, female Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) have an unclubbed abdomen—thick and straight. They also have the green eyes, yellow face with thick black "mustache and goatee" [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Unlike the male, female Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) have an unclubbed abdomen—thick and straight. They also have the green eyes, yellow face with thick black "mustache and goatee" [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Unlike the male, female Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) have an unclubbed abdomen—thick and straight. They also have the green eyes, yellow face with thick black "mustache and goatee" [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Unlike the male, female Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) have an unclubbed abdomen—thick and straight. They also have the green eyes, yellow face with thick black "mustache and goatee" [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Unlike the male, female Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) have an unclubbed abdomen—thick and straight. They also have the green eyes, yellow face with thick black "mustache and goatee" [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Unlike the male, female Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) have an unclubbed abdomen—thick and straight. They also have the green eyes, yellow face with thick black "mustache and goatee" [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Unlike the male, female Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) have an unclubbed abdomen—thick and straight. They also have the green eyes, yellow face with thick black "mustache and goatee" [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]

Unlike the male, female Mustached Clubtails (Gomphus adelphus) have an unclubbed abdomen—thick and straight. They also have the green eyes, yellow face with thick black "mustache and goatee" [July 7; Cross River, Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]