title: Horned clubtail
text: # Horned clubtail
  
  The horned clubtail (Arigomphus cornutus) is a clubtail dragonfly of Canada and the United States.
  
  The horned clubtail is 2.2 inches (56 mm) long and lacks an abdominal club. It has a greenish thorax with black stripes and a black abdomen with a light stripe along the top. It has blue eyes and black legs. It also has distinctive wide forked yellow claspers shaped like cow horns and a large sloped bridge between the eyes.
  
  The horned clubtail lives in ponds and sluggish streams. Its range includes Canada and several U.S. states:
  
  * Colorado
  * Iowa
  * Minnesota
  * Montana – Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, and Wibaux Counties; only in artificial reservoirs.
  * Nebraska – Cherry and Cuming Counties
  * New York – (rarely)
  * North Dakota
  * South Dakota
  * Wisconsin
  * Wyoming
  