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Broad-striped Forceptail - Aphylla angustifolia - male
Copyright © 2008 Ron M.

Broad-striped Forceptail - Aphylla angustifolia - Male
Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA
June 4, 2008
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

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Contributed by Ron M. on 5 June, 2008 - 12:36pm
Last updated 24 August, 2009 - 5:19am

Aphylla angustifolia (male)
I'm jealous! We saw this species in 2002, when we were beginning our collection of scans of LA Odonata. We haven't seen it since!
Go to this page in Bill Mauffray's paper on LA Odonata and read the data on this species. I first thought that this was an eastern range extension, but I see in the TX guide that it is known for MS. Yours is the first LA photo for BugGuide.
The image links in this paper are to scans/photos on our Fotki site.
(I see that the name of the species is incorrectly spelled on our site. Will correct shortly) edit: correction made
Great photography!

Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 5 June, 2008 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks...
Thanks for the identification and the kind words! I had to follow this guy through thickets, mud and thorns for quite some time to get the picture. He definitely made me work for it! But after he decided to let me catch him, he stayed still for a long time. It wasn't 10 yards from where he sat to where I found the female.
… Ron M., 6 June, 2008 - 6:17am login or register to post comments

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