Update July 21, 2018: added perched shots of a mature male and a young female at the top:
Update June 05, 2011:added a fairly good flight shot of a female at the top:
Update May 29, 2011: added a perched young male at the top:
Mocha Emerald Somatochlora linearis:
Update July 21, 2018: from Split Fork Creek, Fort Worth Nature Center, Tarrant County, Texas on June 21 (male) and June 03 (female), 2003:
Update June 05, 2011: a flight shot of a female from near Boykin Springs, Angelina county on June 02, 2011:
Update May 29, 2011: a young male from the same location; flushed from giant cane grass a few yards from the creek bank inside the forest on May 26, 2011:
This female
was feeding near the Big Creek Scenic Area, San Jacinto county, Texas in early June 2007; it was flying in exactly the same spot as were Texas Emeralds S. margarita a week previously - note the body proportions:
