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Turquoise-tipped Darner Rhionaeschna psilus:

Update July 10, 2009: added pics of a high-feeding female in flight, at the bottom of the page:

Update May 08, 2009: added pics of a feeding male in flight, at the bottom of the page:

This male was photographed on the large HQ pond (far end of HQ Pond Trail,) Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo County, Texas on Aug 08, 2004:



I found this male and mature female on June 10, 2005 at the Cattail pond north of the disused entrance booth at Santa Ana NWR in southern Texas:


Male and female from Willow Pond #1 at Santa Ana NWR on June 21/22, 2005:
Male:

Female:


This female was at the Cattail pond north of the disused entrance booth at Santa Ana NWR in southern Texas on June 15, 2007:




A feeeding male on the Rio Grande near Bentsen SP/WBC, Hidalgo county, on May 6, 2009:


This male was one of four, each patrolling a tiny remnant puddle of rainwater on the concreted section of the Chachalaca Trail at Santa Ana NWR on the morning of May 29, 2009; this individual is unusual in that has a blue crescent on the upperside of S10 in addition to the typical blue spot on the underside of that segment:



Update July 10, 2009: a high-feeding female in flight (one of three seen in the same small area) on the entrance road next to the HQ buildings at Santa Ana NWR on July 01, 2009: