Arrowhead Spiketail vs black-calabash

Cordulegaster obliqua compared with Amphitecna latifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowhead Spiketail	black-calabash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Odonata (Odonata)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cordulegastridae	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Cordulegaster	Amphitecna
Species	Cordulegaster obliqua	Amphitecna latifolia

Conservation Status

Arrowhead Spiketail

LC — Least Concern

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowhead Spiketail	black-calabash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arrowhead Spiketail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.

black-calabash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Arrowhead Spiketail

The Arrowhead Spiketail, Cordulegaster obliqua, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.