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Didn't get the front, so probably can't get to species.
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Since I'd forgotten about it, this was an excellent discussion on distinguishing this from the California Darner: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256063. I think what was confusing me there was that the face stripe diagram in Manolis only applies to the females. Male Blue-eyed Darners still have the stripe.
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Since I'd forgotten about it, this was an excellent discussion on distinguishing this from the California Darner: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256063. I think what was confusing me there was that the face stripe diagram in Manolis only applies to the females. Male Blue-eyed Darners still have the stripe.
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Wish these guys would stay still for just a few seconds!
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Female.
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Blue-eyed Darner is a common western dragonfly across much of the western U.S. Here in central Texas, for some reason, we do not see them in spring and summer and for whatever reason they seem to just be evident only in October and November. This morning ericisley and I found a number of males patrolling the edge of a pond and a few would hover for a few seconds allowing us to get some nice flight shots, certainly the best flight shots of the species I've ever taken. We also found a pair in copula which I believe is the first actual breeding by the species documented locally. Image 2 is a cropped version of image 1.
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Blue-eyed Darner is a common western dragonfly across much of the western U.S. Here in central Texas, for some reason, we do not see them in spring and summer and for whatever reason they seem to just be evident only in October and November. This morning ericisley and I found a number of males patrolling the edge of a pond and a few would hover for a few seconds allowing us to get some nice flight shots, certainly the best flight shots of the species I've ever taken. We also found a pair in copula which I believe is the first actual breeding by the species documented locally. Image 2 is a cropped version of image 1.
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Blue-eyed Darner is a common western dragonfly across much of the western U.S. Here in central Texas, for some reason, we do not see them in spring and summer and for whatever reason they seem to just be evident only in October and November. This morning ericisley and I found a number of males patrolling the edge of a pond and a few would hover for a few seconds allowing us to get some nice flight shots, certainly the best flight shots of the species I've ever taken. We also found a pair in copula which I believe is the first actual breeding by the species documented locally. Image 2 is a cropped version of image 1.
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Blue-eyed Darner is a common western dragonfly across much of the western U.S. Here in central Texas, for some reason, we do not see them in spring and summer and for whatever reason they seem to just be evident only in October and November. This morning ericisley and I found a number of males patrolling the edge of a pond and a few would hover for a few seconds allowing us to get some nice flight shots, certainly the best flight shots of the species I've ever taken. We also found a pair in copula which I believe is the first actual breeding by the species documented locally. Image 2 is a cropped version of image 1.
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Blue-eyed Darner is a common western dragonfly across much of the western U.S. Here in central Texas, for some reason, we do not see them in spring and summer and for whatever reason they seem to just be evident only in October and November. This morning ericisley and I found a number of males patrolling the edge of a pond and a few would hover for a few seconds allowing us to get some nice flight shots, certainly the best flight shots of the species I've ever taken. We also found a pair in copula which I believe is the first actual breeding by the species documented locally. Image 2 is a cropped version of image 1.
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This is the second pair of blue-eyed found in copula, although that doesn't prove a local population emerging here, it is inspiration to keep looking for exuvia and more.
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This is the second pair of blue-eyed found in copula, although that doesn't prove a local population emerging here, it is inspiration to keep looking for exuvia and more.
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Nothing special about this species this time of year but it's the first time I have seen two males far from the ponds and near the river.