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Images 1-3: Female Images 4-5: Male -- Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) 7 August 2015: Observed many male and female Eastern Amberwings (Perithemis tenera) flying together in an area adjacent to where the Lake Lewisville dam's water outlet pours into the Elm Fork Trinity River. The Eastern Amberwings were flying together with several other dragonfly species including Red Saddlebags, Black Saddlebags, Eastern Pondhawk, Widow Skimmer and female Great Blue Skimmers. Our observation occurred at the Lake Lewisville Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) in Lewisville, Texas. LLELA is jointly administered by the US Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Lewisville, Texas, and the University of North Texas. Eastern Amberwingâs range occurs primarily in the eastern half of the United States although it also extends into Canadaâs southeastern province of Ontario and to the south its farthest range occurs in Mexico where it is found in the north and northeast states closest to the United States. Eastern Amberwing is therefore a North American dragonfly exclusively and its largest range is that which occurs in the continental United States. Odonata Centralâs range map, for example, makes evident that if one could draw a straight line from southeastern Arizona to northwestern Wisconsin this would effectively denote the territory where this smallest of dragonflies is found during its flight season. If it occurs outside this range it would be as a vagrant. Eastern Amberwingâs name is apropos of its range because everywhere to the east of this Arizona to Wisconsin (western) range limit constitutes the effective range for this species. Moreover, its range runs generally from Mexico and Canadaâs border with the United States in a northeasterly (and southwesterly) direction, from the Great Lakes to the RÃo Bravo (RÃo Grande) and vice versa. Its range does not extend south past these places into the central and southern regions of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central or South America. In Mexico, according to Dennis R. Paulson and Enrique González Sorianoâs online distribution list âMexican Odonata,â Eastern Amberwing flies in the north and northeast of the country including the states of (by alphabetical order) Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora and Tamaulipas. Because of its widespread occurrence throughout North America in the United States, Mexico and Canada, Eastern Amberwing is an authentic resident of the Western Hemisphere. Sources: âEastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera),â Ninnsecah Field Station, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, includes range map, accessed 8.18.15, http://ninnescahlife.wichita.edu/node/826 âEastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera),â Odonata Central, University of Texas at Austin, range map and identification page, accessed 8.18.15, http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/FieldGuideAction.get/id/47478 Paulson, Dennis R., and Enrique González Soriano, âMexican Odonata: Odonata of Mexico, By State,â University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, accessed 8.18.15, http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/mexican-odonata/
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Images 1-3: Female Images 4-5: Male -- Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) 7 August 2015: Observed many male and female Eastern Amberwings (Perithemis tenera) flying together in an area adjacent to where the Lake Lewisville dam's water outlet pours into the Elm Fork Trinity River. The Eastern Amberwings were flying together with several other dragonfly species including Red Saddlebags, Black Saddlebags, Eastern Pondhawk, Widow Skimmer and female Great Blue Skimmers. Our observation occurred at the Lake Lewisville Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) in Lewisville, Texas. LLELA is jointly administered by the US Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Lewisville, Texas, and the University of North Texas. Eastern Amberwingâs range occurs primarily in the eastern half of the United States although it also extends into Canadaâs southeastern province of Ontario and to the south its farthest range occurs in Mexico where it is found in the north and northeast states closest to the United States. Eastern Amberwing is therefore a North American dragonfly exclusively and its largest range is that which occurs in the continental United States. Odonata Centralâs range map, for example, makes evident that if one could draw a straight line from southeastern Arizona to northwestern Wisconsin this would effectively denote the territory where this smallest of dragonflies is found during its flight season. If it occurs outside this range it would be as a vagrant. Eastern Amberwingâs name is apropos of its range because everywhere to the east of this Arizona to Wisconsin (western) range limit constitutes the effective range for this species. Moreover, its range runs generally from Mexico and Canadaâs border with the United States in a northeasterly (and southwesterly) direction, from the Great Lakes to the RÃo Bravo (RÃo Grande) and vice versa. Its range does not extend south past these places into the central and southern regions of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central or South America. In Mexico, according to Dennis R. Paulson and Enrique González Sorianoâs online distribution list âMexican Odonata,â Eastern Amberwing flies in the north and northeast of the country including the states of (by alphabetical order) Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora and Tamaulipas. Because of its widespread occurrence throughout North America in the United States, Mexico and Canada, Eastern Amberwing is an authentic resident of the Western Hemisphere. Sources: âEastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera),â Ninnsecah Field Station, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, includes range map, accessed 8.18.15, http://ninnescahlife.wichita.edu/node/826 âEastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera),â Odonata Central, University of Texas at Austin, range map and identification page, accessed 8.18.15, http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/FieldGuideAction.get/id/47478 Paulson, Dennis R., and Enrique González Soriano, âMexican Odonata: Odonata of Mexico, By State,â University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, accessed 8.18.15, http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/mexican-odonata/
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Images 1-3: Female Images 4-5: Male -- Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) 7 August 2015: Observed many male and female Eastern Amberwings (Perithemis tenera) flying together in an area adjacent to where the Lake Lewisville dam's water outlet pours into the Elm Fork Trinity River. The Eastern Amberwings were flying together with several other dragonfly species including Red Saddlebags, Black Saddlebags, Eastern Pondhawk, Widow Skimmer and female Great Blue Skimmers. Our observation occurred at the Lake Lewisville Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) in Lewisville, Texas. LLELA is jointly administered by the US Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Lewisville, Texas, and the University of North Texas. Eastern Amberwingâs range occurs primarily in the eastern half of the United States although it also extends into Canadaâs southeastern province of Ontario and to the south its farthest range occurs in Mexico where it is found in the north and northeast states closest to the United States. Eastern Amberwing is therefore a North American dragonfly exclusively and its largest range is that which occurs in the continental United States. Odonata Centralâs range map, for example, makes evident that if one could draw a straight line from southeastern Arizona to northwestern Wisconsin this would effectively denote the territory where this smallest of dragonflies is found during its flight season. If it occurs outside this range it would be as a vagrant. Eastern Amberwingâs name is apropos of its range because everywhere to the east of this Arizona to Wisconsin (western) range limit constitutes the effective range for this species. Moreover, its range runs generally from Mexico and Canadaâs border with the United States in a northeasterly (and southwesterly) direction, from the Great Lakes to the RÃo Bravo (RÃo Grande) and vice versa. Its range does not extend south past these places into the central and southern regions of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central or South America. In Mexico, according to Dennis R. Paulson and Enrique González Sorianoâs online distribution list âMexican Odonata,â Eastern Amberwing flies in the north and northeast of the country including the states of (by alphabetical order) Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora and Tamaulipas. Because of its widespread occurrence throughout North America in the United States, Mexico and Canada, Eastern Amberwing is an authentic resident of the Western Hemisphere. Sources: âEastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera),â Ninnsecah Field Station, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, includes range map, accessed 8.18.15, http://ninnescahlife.wichita.edu/node/826 âEastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera),â Odonata Central, University of Texas at Austin, range map and identification page, accessed 8.18.15, http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/FieldGuideAction.get/id/47478 Paulson, Dennis R., and Enrique González Soriano, âMexican Odonata: Odonata of Mexico, By State,â University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, accessed 8.18.15, http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/mexican-odonata/
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Images 1-3: Female Images 4-5: Male -- Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) 7 August 2015: Observed many male and female Eastern Amberwings (Perithemis tenera) flying together in an area adjacent to where the Lake Lewisville dam's water outlet pours into the Elm Fork Trinity River. The Eastern Amberwings were flying together with several other dragonfly species including Red Saddlebags, Black Saddlebags, Eastern Pondhawk, Widow Skimmer and female Great Blue Skimmers. Our observation occurred at the Lake Lewisville Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) in Lewisville, Texas. LLELA is jointly administered by the US Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Lewisville, Texas, and the University of North Texas. Eastern Amberwingâs range occurs primarily in the eastern half of the United States although it also extends into Canadaâs southeastern province of Ontario and to the south its farthest range occurs in Mexico where it is found in the north and northeast states closest to the United States. Eastern Amberwing is therefore a North American dragonfly exclusively and its largest range is that which occurs in the continental United States. Odonata Centralâs range map, for example, makes evident that if one could draw a straight line from southeastern Arizona to northwestern Wisconsin this would effectively denote the territory where this smallest of dragonflies is found during its flight season. If it occurs outside this range it would be as a vagrant. Eastern Amberwingâs name is apropos of its range because everywhere to the east of this Arizona to Wisconsin (western) range limit constitutes the effective range for this species. Moreover, its range runs generally from Mexico and Canadaâs border with the United States in a northeasterly (and southwesterly) direction, from the Great Lakes to the RÃo Bravo (RÃo Grande) and vice versa. Its range does not extend south past these places into the central and southern regions of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central or South America. In Mexico, according to Dennis R. Paulson and Enrique González Sorianoâs online distribution list âMexican Odonata,â Eastern Amberwing flies in the north and northeast of the country including the states of (by alphabetical order) Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora and Tamaulipas. Because of its widespread occurrence throughout North America in the United States, Mexico and Canada, Eastern Amberwing is an authentic resident of the Western Hemisphere. Sources: âEastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera),â Ninnsecah Field Station, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, includes range map, accessed 8.18.15, http://ninnescahlife.wichita.edu/node/826 âEastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera),â Odonata Central, University of Texas at Austin, range map and identification page, accessed 8.18.15, http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/FieldGuideAction.get/id/47478 Paulson, Dennis R., and Enrique González Soriano, âMexican Odonata: Odonata of Mexico, By State,â University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, accessed 8.18.15, http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/mexican-odonata/
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Images 1-3: Female Images 4-5: Male -- Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) 7 August 2015: Observed many male and female Eastern Amberwings (Perithemis tenera) flying together in an area adjacent to where the Lake Lewisville dam's water outlet pours into the Elm Fork Trinity River. The Eastern Amberwings were flying together with several other dragonfly species including Red Saddlebags, Black Saddlebags, Eastern Pondhawk, Widow Skimmer and female Great Blue Skimmers. Our observation occurred at the Lake Lewisville Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) in Lewisville, Texas. LLELA is jointly administered by the US Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Lewisville, Texas, and the University of North Texas. Eastern Amberwingâs range occurs primarily in the eastern half of the United States although it also extends into Canadaâs southeastern province of Ontario and to the south its farthest range occurs in Mexico where it is found in the north and northeast states closest to the United States. Eastern Amberwing is therefore a North American dragonfly exclusively and its largest range is that which occurs in the continental United States. Odonata Centralâs range map, for example, makes evident that if one could draw a straight line from southeastern Arizona to northwestern Wisconsin this would effectively denote the territory where this smallest of dragonflies is found during its flight season. If it occurs outside this range it would be as a vagrant. Eastern Amberwingâs name is apropos of its range because everywhere to the east of this Arizona to Wisconsin (western) range limit constitutes the effective range for this species. Moreover, its range runs generally from Mexico and Canadaâs border with the United States in a northeasterly (and southwesterly) direction, from the Great Lakes to the RÃo Bravo (RÃo Grande) and vice versa. Its range does not extend south past these places into the central and southern regions of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central or South America. In Mexico, according to Dennis R. Paulson and Enrique González Sorianoâs online distribution list âMexican Odonata,â Eastern Amberwing flies in the north and northeast of the country including the states of (by alphabetical order) Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora and Tamaulipas. Because of its widespread occurrence throughout North America in the United States, Mexico and Canada, Eastern Amberwing is an authentic resident of the Western Hemisphere. Sources: âEastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera),â Ninnsecah Field Station, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, includes range map, accessed 8.18.15, http://ninnescahlife.wichita.edu/node/826 âEastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera),â Odonata Central, University of Texas at Austin, range map and identification page, accessed 8.18.15, http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/FieldGuideAction.get/id/47478 Paulson, Dennis R., and Enrique González Soriano, âMexican Odonata: Odonata of Mexico, By State,â University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, accessed 8.18.15, http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/mexican-odonata/
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Observed at the farm on the tour of Chattahoochee Nature Center -- amazing organization!
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Observed at the farm on the tour of Chattahoochee Nature Center -- amazing organization!
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Observed on the tour of Chattahoochee Nature Center -- amazing organization!
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Left one of the sessions a bit early to run over to this pond. Really cool wetland spot! Lots of dragonflies, although, they were all ones I was familiar with. Ah well. Still fun! :)
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Spotted this amberwing being eaten by a pondhawk... Odonivory? :)
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Not the greatest of shots for an ID but this is pretty much all it could be based on location and previous observations.