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Bar-sided Darner - Gynacantha mexicana
Copyright © 2006 Cotinis

Bar-sided Darner - Gynacantha mexicana
Anzalduas County Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
October 22, 2006
Size: 72 mm
Found hanging in a tangle of vegetation, and identified, by Josh Rose. Size estimated based on the published values.

This photograph was taken during a field trip as part of the 2006 Texas Butterfly Festival in Mission, Texas. This was the odonate trip led by Josh Rose and Bob Behrstock in Mission, Texas.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 25 October, 2006 - 10:07am
Last updated 27 November, 2006 - 1:13pm

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Just to fine-tune, this critter was at Anzalduas County Park, in brush along the river just above the dam. And within a few meters of it we found two individuals of Triacanthagyna septima, a species which was a first record for Texas and a second for the US!

Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.
World Birding Center
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
joshua.rose_NO_SPAM@tpwd.state.tx.us
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… Joshua Stuart Rose, 27 November, 2006 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

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