ODE PHOTOS

DRAGONFLIES ~ Anisoptera

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




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




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




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

CLUBTAILS ~ Gomphidae

Cruisers, Baskettails and Emeralds ~ Corduliidae

SKIMMERS ~ Libellulidae