aware it was male. I couldn't sex insects to save my life except in the most broad terms.

that once someone has given an ID and has specified the sex (as Dennis did in this case), it's good to click the 'edit' link and check the appropriate check box so that the symbol appears below the image. Any winged insect is an adult, so you can check "adult" whenever you submit a photo of a winged insect (and "immature" if you know for sure that your image is not of an adult). The advanced search feature can then be used to display just one age/sex of a given taxon if you so choose.

I couldn't have said it better. In fact, I didn't know it was a male until Dennis said so.

The males have a small, round, petiolate abdomen, while the females have a more elongate abdomen that comes to a point.

I suspect you're right. The pics are so lousy, though, it makes it difficult to be sure of anything.

....then I'll never post anything here again! I think these are just fine, especially given the size of the insect:-)

Eric's right, they're beautiful pictures of a male Conura sp.

my being an old-school anal-retentive film photographer. The depth-of-field is misplaced, I didn't parallel the subject properly, etc., etc. Technical details, details.