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I was privileged this week to tag along with Greg Lasley, John and Kendra Abbott, and Ken Tennessen as they visited my neck of the woods to traipse through bogs in search of this rare dragonfly. This specimen was captured, marked and released by John and Kendra. Greg was a most gracious tour guide and patient tutor all week as I began learning about the East Texas / Western Louisiana Dragons.
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I was privileged this week to tag along with Greg Lasley, John and Kendra Abbott, and Ken Tennessen as they visited my neck of the woods to traipse through bogs in search of this rare dragonfly. This specimen was captured, marked and released by John and Kendra. Greg was a most gracious tour guide and patient tutor all week as I began learning about the East Texas / Western Louisiana Dragons.
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Captured, marked and released by John and Kendra Abbot.
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Sarracenia Spiketail Cordulegaster sarracenia male Angelina National Forest near Boykin Springs Lake Jasper Co., Texas 21 April 2010 This individual was the first specimen of this new species. 2 shots posted of a male. The Sarracenia Spiketail (Cordulegaster sarracenia) was described new to science in 2011 by Dr. John C. Abbott and Troy D. Hibbitts. An abstract of the Zootaxa PDF article describing this new species is available at: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02899p068f.pdf The full article may be available on the Internet soon, but until then if you would like a copy of the article please contact me (my profile has contact info) and I will send you the PDF of it. The full article describes the original discovery of this new dragonfly and the research that has gone into this species so far. Currently, Sarracenia Spiketail is known only from five counties in east Texas and one parish in adjacent western Louisiana. The species has only been found in and around boggy areas containing the pitcher plant Sarracenia alata. This is also a very early species, with flight dates currently known between 14 March and 29 April. In 2011 they were not found after about 11 April. I was privileged to play a small part in some of the work involved in searching for and documenting this new species at a number of locations in east Texas and western Louisiana in 2010, 2011, and 2012.
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Sarracenia Spiketail Cordulegaster sarracenia male Angelina National Forest near Boykin Springs Lake Jasper Co., Texas 21 April 2010 This individual was the first specimen of this new species. 2 shots posted of a male. The Sarracenia Spiketail (Cordulegaster sarracenia) was described new to science in 2011 by Dr. John C. Abbott and Troy D. Hibbitts. An abstract of the Zootaxa PDF article describing this new species is available at: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02899p068f.pdf The full article may be available on the Internet soon, but until then if you would like a copy of the article please contact me (my profile has contact info) and I will send you the PDF of it. The full article describes the original discovery of this new dragonfly and the research that has gone into this species so far. Currently, Sarracenia Spiketail is known only from five counties in east Texas and one parish in adjacent western Louisiana. The species has only been found in and around boggy areas containing the pitcher plant Sarracenia alata. This is also a very early species, with flight dates currently known between 14 March and 29 April. In 2011 they were not found after about 11 April. I was privileged to play a small part in some of the work involved in searching for and documenting this new species at a number of locations in east Texas and western Louisiana in 2010, 2011, and 2012.
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Sarracenia Spiketail Cordulegaster sarracenia female Angelina National Forest Angelina Co., Texas 22 April 2010 The Sarracenia Spiketail (Cordulegaster sarracenia) was described new to science in 2011 by Dr. John C. Abbott and Troy D. Hibbitts. An abstract of the Zootaxa PDF article describing this new species is available at: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02899p068f.pdf The full article may be available on the Internet soon, but until then if you would like a copy of the article please contact me (my profile has contact info) and I will send you the PDF of it. The full article describes the original discovery of this new dragonfly and the research that has gone into this species so far. Currently, Sarracenia Spiketail is known only from five counties in east Texas and one parish in adjacent western Louisiana. The species has only been found in and around boggy areas containing the pitcher plant Sarracenia alata. This is also a very early species, with flight dates currently known between 14 March and 29 April. In 2011 they were not found after about 11 April. I was privileged to play a small part in some of the work involved in searching for and documenting this new species at a number of locations in east Texas and western Louisiana in 2010, 2011, and 2012.
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Sarracenia Spiketail Cordulegaster sarracenia female near Boykin Springs Lake, Angelina National Forest Jasper Co., Texas 29 April 2010 The Sarracenia Spiketail (Cordulegaster sarracenia) was described new to science in 2011 by Dr. John C. Abbott and Troy D. Hibbitts. An abstract of the Zootaxa PDF article describing this new species is available at: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02899p068f.pdf The full article may be available on the Internet soon, but until then if you would like a copy of the article please contact me (my profile has contact info) and I will send you the PDF of it. The full article describes the original discovery of this new dragonfly and the research that has gone into this species so far. Currently, Sarracenia Spiketail is known only from five counties in east Texas and one parish in adjacent western Louisiana. The species has only been found in and around boggy areas containing the pitcher plant Sarracenia alata. This is also a very early species, with flight dates currently known between 14 March and 29 April. In 2011 they were not found after about 11 April. I was privileged to play a small part in some of the work involved in searching for and documenting this new species at a number of locations in east Texas and western Louisiana in 2010, 2011, and 2012.
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Sarracenia Spiketail Cordulegaster sarracenia teneral male Boykin Springs area Angelina National Forest, Jasper Co., Texas 15 March 2011
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Sarracenia Spiketail Cordulegaster sarracenia male Boykin Springs Angelina National Forest Jasper Co., Texas 31 March 2011
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Sarracenia Spiketail Cordulegaster sarracenia male - perched on a new pitcher plant stem Peason Ridge Wildlife Management Area Kisatchie National Forest Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana 2 April 2011
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Sarracenia Spiketail Cordulegaster sarracenia male Peason Ridge Wildlife Management Area Kisatchie National Forest Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana 14 March 2012 Image 2 and 3 with prey item
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Sarracenia Spiketail Cordulegaster sarracenia male with prey item, a Sarcophagidae family fly. Peason Ridge Wildlife Management Area Kisatchie National Forest Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana 6 April 2012
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Sarracenia Spiketail Cordulegaster sarracenia pair in copula Boykin Springs Angelina National Forest Jasper Co., Texas 1 April 2011 These are the first photos ever taken of breeding behavior by this species. I had not posted them on iNat before, but they have been used in other publications about this species. The Sarracenia Spiketail (Cordulegaster sarracenia) was described new to science in 2011 by Dr. John C. Abbott and Troy D. Hibbitts. An abstract of the Zootaxa PDF article describing this new species is available at: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02899p068f.pdf The full article may be available on the Internet soon, but until then if you would like a copy of the article please contact me (my profile has contact info) and I will send you the PDF of it. The full article describes the original discovery of this new dragonfly and the research that has gone into this species so far. Currently, Sarracenia Spiketail is known only from five counties in east Texas and one parish in adjacent western Louisiana. The species has only been found in and around boggy areas containing the pitcher plant Sarracenia alata. This is also a very early species, with flight dates currently known between 14 March and 29 April. In 2011 they were not found after about 11 April. I was privileged to play a small part in some of the work involved in searching for and documenting this new species at a number of locations in east Texas and western Louisiana in 2010, 2011, and 2012.
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Sarracenia Spiketail Cordulegaster sarracenia pair in copula Boykin Springs Angelina National Forest Jasper Co., Texas 1 April 2011 These are the first photos ever taken of breeding behavior by this species. I had not posted them on iNat before, but they have been used in other publications about this species. The Sarracenia Spiketail (Cordulegaster sarracenia) was described new to science in 2011 by Dr. John C. Abbott and Troy D. Hibbitts. An abstract of the Zootaxa PDF article describing this new species is available at: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02899p068f.pdf The full article may be available on the Internet soon, but until then if you would like a copy of the article please contact me (my profile has contact info) and I will send you the PDF of it. The full article describes the original discovery of this new dragonfly and the research that has gone into this species so far. Currently, Sarracenia Spiketail is known only from five counties in east Texas and one parish in adjacent western Louisiana. The species has only been found in and around boggy areas containing the pitcher plant Sarracenia alata. This is also a very early species, with flight dates currently known between 14 March and 29 April. In 2011 they were not found after about 11 April. I was privileged to play a small part in some of the work involved in searching for and documenting this new species at a number of locations in east Texas and western Louisiana in 2010, 2011, and 2012.
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I am in western Louisiana with some members of DSA (Dragonfly Society of the Americas). One of our targets today was Sarracenia Spiketail which was described new to science in 2011 by J. Abbott and T. Hibbitts. I had been fortunate enough to work with Abbott on this species for several years, but it is a species that is not very well known. Today a number of folks got to see the species. This is a female.
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I am in western Louisiana with some members of DSA (Dragonfly Society of the Americas). One of our targets today was Sarracenia Spiketail which was described new to science in 2011 by J. Abbott and T. Hibbitts. I had been fortunate enough to work with Abbott on this species for several years, but it is a species that is not very well known. Today a number of folks got to see the species. This is a female.
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I was with John and Kendra Abbott and other researchers while we were netting this species, taking DNA samples, marking the individuals and releasing them. image 1 unmarked male perched on Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia alata). The genus of the pitcher plant is where Corgulegaster sarracenia got its name. image 2 unmarked male image 3 male after it had been netted, DNA sample taken and released again. Note the yellow dot on the wing which alerted us not to catch this one again.
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I was with John and Kendra Abbott and other researchers while we were netting this species, taking DNA samples, marking the individuals and releasing them. image 1 unmarked male perched on Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia alata). The genus of the pitcher plant is where Corgulegaster sarracenia got its name. image 2 unmarked male image 3 male after it had been netted, DNA sample taken and released again. Note the yellow dot on the wing which alerted us not to catch this one again.
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I was with John and Kendra Abbott and other researchers while we were netting this species, taking DNA samples, marking the individuals and releasing them. image 1 unmarked male perched on Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia alata). The genus of the pitcher plant is where Corgulegaster sarracenia got its name. image 2 unmarked male image 3 male after it had been netted, DNA sample taken and released again. Note the yellow dot on the wing which alerted us not to catch this one again.
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Sarracenia Spiketail Cordulegaster sarracenia male Peason Ridge Wildlife Management Area Kisatchie National Forest Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana 14 March 2012 Image 2 and 3 with prey item