Photographed on Cienega Creek, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Presidio county, Texas on August 22, 2013:
Photographed at Sitting Bull Falls, NM, on August 31, 2010:-
a male:
a female:
Photographed in the Big Bend Ranch State Natural
Area in Presidio County, Texas on September 05 2004:
On June 02 2005 I was privileged to visit the Murphy's delightful
ranch in westernmost Travis County, Texas, where the headwaters
of Little Bee Creek dribble out of the limestone and form a very
special odonata habitat of rocky trickles and deep, clear, reed-edged
pools with wooded edges. Greg Lasley took me there with Dennis
Paulson to witness a very special event: Giant
Darner Anax walsinghami and Comet
Darner Anax longipes flying together!
For Giant Darner this is the only record east of the Pecos
River in west Texas, and a significant range extension:
For Comet
Darner this location is almost at the western (known) limit.
Thus to see these two magnificent Darners flying together is unprecedented
(Greg first found them both here in the Summer of 2004.): - here are two rather poor pics, but they may be unique,
showing these two striking dragons together:
