Turquoise-tipped Darner
Rhionaeschna psilus
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
29 May 2004
small creek with no name in the Lost Creek subdivision off of Loop 360 in Austin.
Perched along edge of abandoned irrigation canal
July 17 2011
Second county record of this species and a first record of this species for me :)
This is not a species of Dragonfly one would expect to find in central Texas, the nearest reported record at OdonataCentral is some 200 miles south of here. Photo taken at Travis county Southeast Metro Park,
I've been waiting a long time for one of these butterflies to show up in my yard!
As Greg Mentioned probably the most photographed dragonfly today by six different photographers although many from similar angles Two days ago we had a Female and today the male.
Blue-faced Ringtail (Erpetogomphus eutainia) is local and uncommon in just a few locations in Texas. It is typically a late season bug (July-Sept) but @beschwar found one at Gonzales June 8 which is close to an early date for the species in Texas.
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6750608
I met up with a friend from Houston this morning in Gonzales and we found two males, my first for this season. One of the most beautiful gomphids in the world in my opinion.
Independence Park,
Gonzales,
Gonzales Co., Texas
29 June 2017