Immature male Roseate Skimmer
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.
Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus)
Dragonhunter eating Arizona Sister butterfly
Black-shouldered Spinyleg - teneral
(Dromogomphus spinosus)
Common at Utopia Park in May when emerging
Flag-tailed Spinyleg - (Dromogomphus spoliatus)
Four-striped Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides stigmatus)
Broad-striped Forceptail (Aphylla augustifolia)
Gomphid sps. 16 - Bandera Co.
Gomphid sps. 16 - same animal as above
Gomphid sps. 1 - Bandera Co.
(Plains Clubtail?)
Gomphid sps. 9 - Bandera Co.
(Pronghorn Clubtail?)
Leaftail sps. (looks Four-striped)
Leaftail sps., probably Five-striped
(Phyllogomphoides albrighti)
Eastern Ringtail (Erpetogomphus designatus)
Eastern Ringtail
River Cruiser (Macromia) sps.
Bandera Co., June 18 '06
Lost Maples SNA, probably first county photo docs
River Cruiser (Macromia sps.) (Uv. Co.)
(cf.) Dot-winged Baskettail (Epitheca (costalis?) sps.
Ivory-striped Sylph - (Macrothemis imitans)
Photo'd from the car at a small wet crossing in Sabinal, TX.
Ivory-striped Sylph - (Macrothemis imitans)
Immature male
Straw-colored Sylph (Macrothemis inacuta)
at Cook's Slough, Uvalde
September 14, 2007
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) a small well-named
dragonfly
Lost Maples SNA, Bandera Co., May 29, 06
Sough Amberwing (Perithemis domitia), 1st Uvalde Co. record at Utopia Park
Filigree Skimmer (Psuedoleon superba) in Bandera Co., on Sabinal River, just north of Utopia, 2006
Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)
Bandera Co., at Lost Maples SNA
Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata)
1st Uvalde Co. record
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Red Rock Skimmer (Paltothemis lineatipes) Oct. 3, 04
2nd one and locale for day! (first Bandera Co. docs)
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) male
Widow Skimmer (female)
Widow Skimmer - male June 18
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia) male
Common Whitetail - female
Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea) male
Comanche Skimmer (Libellula comanche) male
This female Comanche Skimmer was ovipositing at Lost Maples SNA June 25, 06
Band-winged Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata) New for Bandera Co. when I found them in 2004
Dragon sps. 8 apparent female
Band-winged Dragonlet
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Eastern Pondhawk - female
Great Pondhawk (Erythemis vesiculosa)
Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta) male left, female right
Black Saddlebags - (Tramea lacerata)
Hyacinth Glider (1st Uv. Co.)
(Miathyria marcella)
Checkered Setwing (Dythemis fugax)
Checkered Setwing - rearview
Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox)
Black Setwing (Dythemis nigrescens)
(1st Bandera Co.- Bravo Creek)
Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
pair in wheel - Bandera Co.
This pair oviposited on our porch for 3 weeks!
Autumn (formerly Yellow-legged) Meadowhawk
(Sympetrum vicinum)
Bandera County Nov. '03
Autumn Meadowhawk - Dec. 31, 05, Utopia, TX
(Sympetrum vicinum)
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) at
Lost Maples SNA, Bandera Co., May 29, 06
Thornbush Dasher (Micrathyria hagenii) - Bandera Co.
Spot-tailed Dasher - (Micrathyria aequalis)
I found this first Uvalde Co. record
at Cook's Slough on August 29, 2009
Halloween Pennant (Celethemis eponina)
Banded Pennant (Celithemis fasciata)
Four-spotted Pennant, (Brachymesia gravida)
female or imm. male
Tawny Pennant (Brachymesia herbida)
first showed up in Uvalde Co. in 2009
(found by others first)
Red-tailed Pennant (Brachymesia furcata) male
Red-tailed Pennant (Brachymesia furcata) female
Marl Pennant (Macrodiplax balteata)
1st Uvalde Co. documentation, June 20, 2009
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) Bandera Co.
June 18, '06, Lost Maples SNA, probably first
county photo docs
Pale-faced Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga mendax)
Comanche Skimmer