10th Dragon of the season - take 2 - Celithemis fasciata

I seem

to be having a terrible problem with gender identification of Dragonflies, lol. I am aware that many juvenile males have female body coloration and despite that, I seem to be remarkably inept at correctly identifying which is which. I guess I need to look closer at the working end of them, lol.

Lee

… Lee Ruth, 17 November, 2007 - 9:31pm

We've gathered some of the images

which show gender onto the INFO pages of several of the dragonfly species on which we have worked such as Erythemis, L. saturata, Pachydiplax, and Plathemis. Hope some of those will help with knowledge of those working ends!

… john and jane balaban, 18 November, 2007 - 9:31am

I will

definitely take a close look asap. I hope that will help me improve my success rate, lol.

Lee

… Lee Ruth, 18 November, 2007 - 10:45am

We agree with the ID

but disagree with the gender. Those claspers look male to us.

… john and jane balaban, 17 November, 2007 - 8:41pm

I have

removed the gender designation for this specimen.

… Lee Ruth, 17 November, 2007 - 9:23pm

moved

to guide

… Lee Ruth, 17 November, 2007 - 4:34pm

Yep

I think your right (but I've not had the pleasure of seeing this species yet myself...).

Very nice specimen.

… Brenda Van Ryswyk, 17 November, 2007 - 3:13pm