Update July 10, 2009: added recent close flight shots of a male with a female feeding next to the HQ tram stop at Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park/WBC, at the bottom of the page:
Update May 26, 2009: added recent close flight shots of a male patrolling above the giant cane along the boat ramp resaca at Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park/WBC, at the bottom of the page:
Update May 06, 2009: added poor but identifiable flight shots from today of an immature male feeding above the giant cane along the boat ramp resaca at Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park/WBC, at the bottom of the page:
Update June 25, 2008: added another flight shot of a male from along the irrigation channel at Bentsen on June 23, at the bottom of the page:
This Arch-tipped Glider Tauriphila argo was one of at least four males seen patrolling the edge of the giant cane along the boat ramp resaca at Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park/WBC on June 15, 2008 (first found there by Fabrice de Lacour and Ed Lam on June 11) in Hidalgo county, Texas; on June 12 Fabrice and Ed reported seeing 20+ individuals at the resaca, where they were flying alongside a handful of male Mexican Scarlet-tail (click here to see photos of one):
The diagnostic deeply-arched cerci can just about be seen in this crop:
The following two images convey the distinctive dorsal/ventral abdomen shape:
Update June 25, 2008: another flight shot of a male:
Update May 06, 2009: flight shots of an immature male:
Update May 26, 2009: a male patrolling above the giant cane along the boat ramp resaca at Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park/WBC, May 22, 2009:
Update July 10, 2009: flight shots of a male with a female feeding next to the HQ tram stop at Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park/WBC on June 30, 2009:
