Image of Cordulegaster sarracenia Abbott & Hibbitts 2011

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John Abbott, Kendra Abbott, Ken Tennessen, Laura Clark, and I were doing some investigative research into the life history of this newly described dragonfly (described new to science by Abbott and Hibbitts in 2011). http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02899p068f.pdf A total of 4 (3 males and one female) were netted, color marked, and released for later recognition. Image 1 shows a perched male before it was caught. Image 2 a male in hand. Images 3 and 4 show a male an hour or so after it had been color marked and released.