All photographs are copyrighted and may not be used without permission.
© 2006-2008 - All Rights Reserved

Special thanks to Tony Gallucci, Greg Lasley,
Tom Langschied, Dr. John Abbott, and Dennis Paulson,
for much needed and greatly appreciated help in
identifying some of these beasts.  THANK YOU
gentlemen and scholars.  I am grateful!
Also note Sidney Dunkle's great Dragonflies through Binoculars
book, was my primary learning tool and reference. 
ID errors on this page are the sole fault of the author
dingbat, me. :):)




ODE PHOTOS

DRAGONFLIES ~ Anisoptera




Roseate Skimmer

This is an immature male Roseate Skimmer


The photos below are not high quality, but only hope
to help a novice identify something they saw, or to
document something we found.  There are over 50
species shown here, most of what one will see around Utopia,
the Sabinal River Valley, or Uvalde County, except the ones
that won't stay still, and stay out of net reach.  A few
are from Uvalde, and are species that I haven't seen at Utopia yet.
Some have multiple images, usually if the sexes differ in
appearance.  We'll add more pictures in time.

This page received its first in 5 years overhaul Sept. 09.
Now things are grouped into family groups, with binomials.
Order within families may remain chaos however, but most
sub-groups are sorted so similar things are together.




DARNERS ~ Aeshnidae

Green Darner

Green Darner (Anax junius), male in hand,
the female mostly appears all green.



Springtime Darner
Springtime Darner (Basiaeschna janata) is
about done flying for the year by summer.



Comet Darner
This was the first Uvalde Co. record of Comet Darner
(Anax longipes), July 27, 05 at Cook's Slough, Uvalde.



Swamp Darner
Swamp Darner, female (Epiaeschna heros) at Utopia
on July 27, 2009 was the first in Uvalde Co..




CLUBTAILS ~ Gomphidae

Dragonhunter
Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus)


Dragonhunter
Dragonhunter eating Arizona Sister butterfly



Black-shouldered Spinyleg
Black-shouldered Spinyleg - teneral,
common at Utopia Park in May when emerging
(Dromogomphus spinosus)



Flag-tailed Spinyleg
Flag-tailed Spinyleg - (Dromogomphus spoliatus)



Four-striped Leaftail
Four-striped Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides stigmatus)


Broad-striped Forceptail Broad-striped Forceptail
Broad-striped Forceptail (Aphylla augustifolia)


If anyone can offer any positive ID's on the
next 3 gomphids (clubtails) I'd appreciate it.

Gomphid sps.
Gomphid sps. 16 - Bandera Co.
Gomphid sps.
Gomphid sps. 16 - same animal as above


Gomphid sp.
Gomphid sps. 1 - Bandera Co.
(Plains Clubtail?)


Gomphid sp.
Gomphid sps. 9 - Bandera Co.
(Pronghorn Clubtail?)



Leaftail sp.
Leaftail sps. (looks Four-striped)



Leaftail sp.
Leaftail sps., probably Five-striped
(Phyllogomphoides albrighti)


Eastern Ringtail
Eastern Ringtail (Erpetogomphus designatus)


Eastern Ringtail
Eastern Ringtail



Cruisers, Baskettails and Emeralds ~ Corduliidae

River Cruiser sps.
River Cruiser (Macromia) sps., Bandera Co., June 18 '06
Lost Maples SNA, probably first county photo docs


River Cruiser
River Cruiser (Macromia sps.) (Uv. Co.)


Baskettail
(cf.) Dot-winged Baskettail (Epitheca (costalis?) sps.)



SKIMMERS ~ Libellulidae

There are several smaller groups within this large
group, so we'll subtitle them into smaller groups.


SYLPHS

Ivory-striped Sylph
Ivory-striped Sylph - (Macrothemis imitans) photo'd
from the car at a small wet crossing in Sabinal, TX.


Ivory-striped Sylph
Ivory-striped Sylph - (Macrothemis imitans)
Immature male



Straw-colored Sylph
Straw-colored Sylph (Macrothemis inacuta)
at Cook's Slough, Uvalde, September 14, 2007




AMBERWINGS

Eastern Amberwing
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) a small well-named
dragonfly, at Lost Maples SNA, Bandera Co., May 29, 06



Slough Amberwing
Sough Amberwing (Perithemis domitia),
1st Uvalde Co. record at Utopia Park.




SKIMMERS

Filigree Skimmer
Filigree Skimmer (Psuedoleon superba) in Bandera Co.,
on Sabinal River, just north of Utopia, 2006.



Neon Skimmer
Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)
Bandera Co., at Lost Maples SNA




Flame Skimmer
Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata)
1st Uvalde Co. record



Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)



Red Rock Skimmer
Red Rock Skimmer (Paltothemis lineatipes) Oct. 3, 04
(2nd one and locale for day! (first Bandera Co. docs))



Widow Skimmer
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) male

Widow Skimmer
Widow Skimmer (female)

Widow Skimmer
Widow Skimmer - male June 18



Common Whitetail
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia) male



Common Whitetail
Common Whitetail - female



Roseate Skimmer
Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea) male


Comanche Skimmer
Comanche Skimmer (Libellula comanche) male


Comanche Skimmer
This female Comanche Skimmer was
ovipositing at Lost Maples SNA June 25, 06



DRAGONLET

Band-winged Dragonlet
Band-winged Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata)
New for Bandera Co. when I found them in 2004.



Dragon sps.
Dragon sps. 8 apparent female
Band-winged Dragonlet



PONDHAWKS

Eastern Pondhawk
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)

Eastern Pondhawk
Eastern Pondhawk - female



Great Pondhawk
Great Pondhawk (Erythemis vesiculosa)



SADDLEBAGS GLIDERS

Red Saddlebags Female Red Saddlebags
Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta) male left, female right



Black Saddlebags
Black Saddlebags - (Tramea lacerata)



Hyacinth Glider
Hyacinth Glider (1st Uv. Co.) (Miathyria marcella)


SETWINGS

Checkered Setwing
Checkered Setwing (Dythemis fugax)


Checkered Setwing
Checkered Setwing - rearview



Swift Setwing
Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox)



Black Setwing
Black Setwing (Dythemis nigrescens)
(1st Bandera Co.- Bravo Creek)



MEADOWHAWKS

Variegated Meadowhawk
Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
pair in wheel - Bandera Co. This pair oviposited
on our porch for 3 weeks!



Autumn Meadowhawk
Autumn (formerly Yellow-legged) Meadowhawk
(Sympetrum vicinum)
Bandera County Nov. 03


Autumn Meadowhawk
Autumn Meadowhawk - Dec. 31, 05, Utopia, TX
(Sympetrum vicinum)



DASHERS

Blue Dasher
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) at
Lost Maples SNA, Bandera Co., May 29, 06



Thornbush Dasher
Thornbush Dasher (Micrathyria hagenii) - Bandera Co.



Spot-tailed Dasher
Spot-tailed Dasher - (Micrathyria aequalis)
I found this first Uvalde Co. record
at Cook's Slough on August 29, 2009



PENNANTS

Halloween Pennant
Halloween Pennant (Celethemis eponina)


Banded Pennant
Banded Pennant (Celithemis fasciata)



Four-spotted Pennant
Four-spotted Pennant, (Brachymesia gravida)
female or imm. male



Tawny Pennant
Tawny Pennant (Brachymesia herbida)
first showed up in Uvalde Co. in 2009
(found by others first)



Red-tailed Pennant
Red-tailed Pennant (Brachymesia furcata) male


Red-tailed Pennant
Red-tailed Pennant (Brachymesia furcata) female



Marl Pennant
Marl Pennant (Macrodiplax balteata)
1st Uvalde Co. documentation, June 20, 2009



Miscellaneous assorted odds and ends

Wandering Glider
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) Bandera Co.
June 18, '06, Lost Maples SNA, probably first
county photo docs.



Pale-faced Clubskimmer
Pale-faced Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga mendax)



Comanche Skimmer
That's all folks!





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