Date Added
November 21, 2022
08:14 AM AEST
Description
Female ovipositing while being guarded by the male. Pair were previously ovipositing while in tandem.
Date Added
July 11, 2021
10:36 PM EDT
Description
male guarding ovipositing female
Date Added
June 29, 2023
10:03 PM EDT
Description
male guarding ovipositing female
Date Added
November 1, 2020
04:10 PM AEDT
Description
Male guarding egg-laying female, and escorting her between sites.
Date Added
July 3, 2024
03:17 PM ADT
Description
Laying eggs with the male hovering above guarding her.
Date Added
November 2, 2021
12:42 PM CDT
Description
Male Sympetrum ambiguum transferring sperm from gonopores to secondary genitalia
Less than 30 seconds after disengaging from the wheel position with a female this male perched nearby above her, periodically flying off to guard her, then returning to this perch to replenish his secondary genitalia with sperm.
Date Added
December 14, 2017
11:13 PM EST
Description
Abundant along Grand River, photo depicts mating/ovipositing frenzy on leaf floating down river
Date Added
June 29, 2022
07:43 PM UTC
Description
Three dragonflies mating, seems like two females on the ends, confused
Date Added
May 19, 2024
10:29 PM EDT
Description
Was just photographing some ovipositing saddlebags when a fish came up and snagged the male! I've seen fish eat dragonflies before, but was never lucky enough to capture it.
Date Added
September 22, 2020
02:33 AM UTC
Date Added
October 1, 2020
10:28 AM PDT
Date Added
July 9, 2024
11:53 PM BST
Date Added
June 23, 2024
07:11 PM CST
Date Added
March 17, 2024
09:12 PM CDT
Date Added
August 4, 2021
06:17 PM CDT
Date Added
May 21, 2016
10:40 PM CDT
Description
Baskettail, failed emergence
Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve
Savage, Minnesota
Date Added
October 21, 2021
11:23 PM CDT
Date Added
October 30, 2022
12:04 AM PDT
Date Added
April 29, 2020
09:06 AM EDT
Description
I've never seen this behavior before. I thought it was a turtle at first glance. It stayed in this position until I had completely passed by, them emerged an flew toward the clutch observed nearby.
Date Added
October 17, 2023
10:13 PM UTC
Date Added
August 16, 2023
01:45 PM CST
Date Added
August 16, 2023
06:13 AM UTC
Date Added
September 20, 2023
04:39 PM PDT
Date Added
September 24, 2023
10:28 PM UTC
Date Added
September 29, 2023
09:53 PM CST
Date Added
September 29, 2023
07:11 PM EDT
Date Added
September 25, 2023
03:09 PM CST
Date Added
August 18, 2023
03:24 PM CDT
Date Added
August 24, 2023
05:20 PM CDT
Date Added
September 2, 2023
10:13 PM UTC
Date Added
August 26, 2023
07:47 PM CDT
Date Added
July 28, 2023
07:22 PM PDT
Description
A rare eight-spot came in to join the horde of twelve-spots, thus forming the ultra-rare Twenty-spotted Skimmer
Date Added
August 26, 2023
04:05 AM UTC
Date Added
August 10, 2023
06:09 PM MST
Date Added
August 23, 2023
11:19 AM CST
Date Added
August 24, 2023
03:01 AM UTC
Date Added
August 25, 2023
11:34 AM CST
Date Added
August 25, 2023
07:03 PM UTC
Date Added
August 25, 2023
02:43 PM CST
Date Added
August 24, 2023
12:42 AM MST
Date Added
April 3, 2022
01:36 AM UTC
Date Added
September 20, 2018
11:15 PM CDT
Description
Quite a rare species in Texas and my first for this state. upupamartin and I had 6 or 7 of these in this area. Three images of a pair in copula and 3 images of a lone female
Date Added
December 31, 2021
08:34 PM EST
Description
Florida Bluet riding a sandwich through the inky void. This is not an altered photo, nor was this my sandwich.
magiccarpetride
Date Added
June 21, 2020
10:05 PM MST
Date Added
July 5, 2017
09:12 PM PDT
Description
San Bernardino County, California, US
Cal Ode Blitz 2017
Blue Dasher passing over a Red-tailed Pennant
Date Added
April 6, 2022
08:30 PM PDT
Date Added
July 30, 2023
04:33 PM EDT
Date Added
August 2, 2023
04:01 AM UTC
Date Added
August 1, 2023
11:04 PM CDT
Date Added
July 20, 2023
11:01 PM PDT
Date Added
July 3, 2023
08:10 PM PDT
Date Added
July 3, 2023
09:11 PM PDT
Date Added
June 27, 2023
07:12 PM UTC
Date Added
July 5, 2021
08:37 AM CDT
Description
I think someone lost a buddy.
Date Added
April 23, 2023
08:56 PM MST
Description
At black-lit front porch.
Date Added
May 3, 2023
03:31 PM MST
Date
Missing Date
Date Added
March 15, 2023
05:27 AM UTC
Date Added
February 1, 2013
05:34 PM CST
Description
Roseate Skimmer
Orthemis ferruginea
male (left)
compared with
Carmine Skimmer
Orthemis discolor
male (right)
Hornsby Bend,
Austin,
Travis Co., Texas
15 September 2007
5 shots posted; the first 4 show a male Roseate Skimmer on the left and a male Carmine Skimmer on the right, for comparison purposes. Image 5 the Roseate is on top. These IDs were also confirmed on these individuals in the hand by Dr. John Abbott, curator of the Univ. of Texas Insect collection at that time.
Date Added
April 4, 2020
04:29 PM MST
Date Added
November 27, 2022
09:57 PM AEST
Date Added
August 5, 2020
04:23 PM CDT
Date Added
October 22, 2022
01:22 PM CDT
Date Added
October 13, 2022
05:22 PM UTC
Date Added
September 13, 2022
04:51 AM UTC
Date Added
September 20, 2022
04:58 PM UTC
Date Added
August 30, 2021
02:41 PM CDT
Date Added
June 11, 2022
02:06 PM EDT
Date Added
June 30, 2022
04:03 PM CDT
Date Added
October 27, 2021
09:03 PM CDT
Date Added
January 27, 2021
12:49 PM CST
Date Added
May 3, 2022
06:03 AM UTC
Date Added
May 25, 2022
08:51 PM MST
Date Added
May 3, 2019
10:45 PM MDT
Date Added
July 1, 2021
07:10 PM UTC
Date Added
June 18, 2020
01:14 AM UTC
Date Added
September 21, 2021
07:13 PM UTC
Date Added
October 1, 2020
03:30 PM PDT
Description
Large flying beetle. Gorgeous metallic green color.
(Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge)
Date Added
July 28, 2019
02:56 PM PDT
Date Added
August 9, 2017
06:21 PM PDT
Date Added
December 5, 2017
06:44 PM PST
Date Added
May 20, 2022
04:45 PM CDT
Date Added
May 18, 2022
03:03 AM UTC
Date Added
May 12, 2022
11:06 PM UTC
Date Added
August 24, 2020
09:25 PM EDT
Date Added
August 11, 2021
09:45 PM EDT
Date Added
May 8, 2022
12:12 AM UTC
Date Added
May 11, 2022
07:00 AM CDT
Date Added
May 3, 2022
06:05 AM UTC
Date Added
May 7, 2022
10:53 PM MDT
Date Added
May 6, 2022
06:03 PM EDT
Date Added
May 6, 2022
06:53 PM EDT
Date Added
May 6, 2022
06:03 PM EDT
Date Added
July 27, 2019
11:29 PM EDT
Date Added
May 8, 2022
09:17 AM CDT
Date Added
May 8, 2022
11:48 AM MDT
What
Flies
(Order Diptera)
Date Added
May 6, 2022
12:15 AM UTC
Date Added
May 5, 2022
06:58 PM SST
Date Added
May 5, 2022
01:04 PM MDT
Date Added
May 5, 2022
04:10 PM CDT
Date Added
May 6, 2022
02:55 PM CDT