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Giant Pine Spike

Giant Pine Spike (Chroogomphus pseudovinicolor), photo
Photo: Thomas Laxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · iNaturalist
Chroogomphus pseudovinicolor · Family Gomphidiaceae · Updated October 2026
31US records
5states
Octbusiest month
31 US records since 1966 (3 in the last 10 years)

Last seen Oct 10, 2025 (about 13 months ago) near Tahoma, El Dorado County, CA, photographed by an iNaturalist user, with the ID agreed on by other iNaturalist users (research grade). Most US records come from California, Idaho and Washington, and the busiest months are Oct, Nov and Sep. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)

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When it's recorded

Jan0Feb1Mar0Apr0May0Jun0Jul0Aug1Sep2Oct18Nov9Dec0

Records by month, all years. Busiest: Oct, Nov, Sep.

Where it's recorded

StateRecordsLatest sighting
California20Oct 10, 2025
Idaho7Sep 6, 2008
Washington2Sep 25, 2010
Georgia1Nov 19, 1977
Colorado1Aug 11, 2007

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