Facts
The close relatives of the St. Croix Snaketail include the
Riffle, Brook, and Sand Snaketail species. These
dragonflies may look very similar to the St. Croix Snaketail but
they all exhibit different behaviors in their respective
environments (Dunkle, 2000).
The St. Croix Snaketail also has the shortest season among the
previously listed species, ranging from late May to late June.
We became interested in this organism because it is rare and
poorly understood. Interestingly, the St. Croix Snaketail
was put on the endangered species list just three years after
its discovery in 1993 by Vogt and Smith.
Others should find this organism to be interesting because they
may not be able to see one in the wild for much longer.
Like many great predators, the St. Croix Snaketail has no major
threats to worry about other than humans (IUCN
Red List, 2009). Since this species is particularly
sensitive to pollution it is likely that humans will eventually
contaminate their environment, causing them to become extinct.
We hope that future research on the St. Croix Snaketail will
give us more information about this illusive dragonfly.