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individual variations worthy of discussion sometimes are photo-documented, including the
following individual perching on the bottom of
Bar Canyon arroyo and hunting small ßying
insects on 8/18/24.
C. View of his head and thorax illustrates the
face as light brown rimmed by white and
yellow at the top, eyes are brown over
lavender, the thorax is brown on the front
with wide, white stripes. Immature male
perches low on a twig in a shady area to hunt;
his base color is white with orange-red stripes
at the wing bases, on the abdomen dorsal
midline, and around each abdomen segment
joint; there are black dorsal markings on S-8
and S-9.
D. Individual obelisks while perching and
projects his wings forward; the white and
orange-red color pattern is muted somewhat
while on his shaded perch.
E. This enlarged dorso-lateral view shows the
broad white thorax stripes ending in a yellow
spot, the coppery wing color, and the row of
white spots along the abdomen bottom.
D
E
In Organ Mountains habitats during 2024 this
was the most common species, although they
were fewer in number and smaller in size than the
2021 through 2023 populations.
F. Male head, thorax, and basal abdomen
enlargement collected at the Dripping Springs
Visitor Center (DSVC) stormwater retention
pond. His face is red rimmed with white, eye
is brown on top and lavender with dark spots
below, thorax is grayish-brown but the lateral
stripes are abbreviated or non-existent
showing only
the yellow spot
(possibly
C
indicates this is
an immature
male), the basal
abdomen is
characterized
by the orangered dorsal line
and rings.
07/25/24
G. Next Page.
Mature female
'obelisks' while
perching on a
branch to hunt
arthropods on/
over the moist
mud across the
drying pond
bottom.
F
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