Gynacantha mexicana, Bar-sided Darner. I found this darner at
dawn, trapped at an exterior light, where it probably had been stuck
since dusk. I took some in hand photos and posed it on a tree. After a
few minutes of vibrating its wings, it flew into the woods. Two days
previously Greg Lasley and Martin Reid had photographed two of
this species a short distance away near the Rio Grande.
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Left-hand
photo is natural (early morning) light. Right two are with flash.
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Note
the constricted abdomen.
NOV 2006