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Kerr County 11-12 November 2003
Report posted to TexOdes 12 November 2003 [with additions/corrections in brackets]
12 November 2003
With a siginifcant front bearing down on us, and the sun actually breaking through for the first time this month it seems, i decided to go document some of the few local damsels left for late dates. Boy, did i get a surprise, not only were there quite a few damsels still around, but i had my best damselfly day ever -- 16 species identified, 2 additional critters that i think may be different [i have concluded that one of these is Aztec Dancer; the other may be a variation on what i'm calling Leonora's Dancer, it's from the same location, photos posted below], but i have no clue what they are. all were photographed. i also had five dragonfly species which is more than i've had in Kerr County in almost a month.
South Fork, Guadalupe River (Lynxhaven Crossing, South Fork Marsh, River Inn Crossing)
North Fork, Guadalupe River (Cherry Springs Ranch Crossing)
Guadalupe River (Rio Vista Crossing)
77 to 80 degrees F, partly to mostly cloudy, calm, 12:00 noon to 4:40 p.m. CST
* = photographed (all in hand except Roseate Skimmer)
6 Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
1 unidentified Gomphid sp.
* 3 Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea)
* 6 Yellow-legged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
1 Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
* 7 American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana)
* 1 Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)
* 4 Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata)
* 12 Desert Firetail (Telebasis salva)
* 10 Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
* 30 Arroyo Bluet (Enallagma praevarum)
* 1 Double-striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens)
* 4 Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)
* 22 Aztec Dancer (Argia nahuana)
* 20 Kiowa Dancer (Argia immunda)
* 7 Comanche Dancer (Argia barretti)
* 4 cf Leonora's Dancer (Argia leonorae; i am pretty sure on this ID, but am
looking forward to outside confirmation)
* 7 Blue-ringed Dancer (Argia sedula)
* 2 Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)
* 4 Dusky Dancer (Argia translata)
* 12 Springwater Dancer (Argia plana)
* 1 unidentified damselfly I
* 1 unidentified damselfly II
* 1 unidentified damselfly III
Present in the last two weeks but missed today: Smoky Rubyspot (Hetaerina
titia), Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii), Neotropical Bluet (Enallagma
novaehispaniae), & Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta).
11 November 2003
Brief looks at a few spots netted few odes today.
Guadalupe River (River Road Crossing, Rio Vista Crossing)
South Fork, Guadalupe River (Lynxhaven Crossing)
1 American Rubyspot
2 Blue-ringed Dancer
2 Kiowa Dancer
1 Dusky Dancer
American Rubyspot, Hetaerina americana
Rio Vista Crossing, Cade Loop, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Desert Firetail, Telebasis salva
Lynxhaven Crossing, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Citrine Forktail, Ischnura hastata
South Fork Marsh, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Fragile Forktail, Ischnura posita
South Fork Marsh, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Familiar Bluet, Enallagma civile
South Fork Marsh, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Double-striped Bluet, Enallagma basidens
Lynxhaven Crossing, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Arroyo Bluet, Enallagma praevarum
Lynxhaven Crossing, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Orange Bluet, Enallagma signatum
Lynxhaven Crossing, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Kiowa Dancer, Argia immunda
Rio Vista Crossing, Cade Loop, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Variable Dancer, Argia fumipennis violacea
Lynxhaven Crossing, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Blue-ringed Dancer, Argia sedula
Lynxhaven Crossing, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Aztec Dancer, Argia nahuana
Lynxhaven Crossing, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Aztec Dancer, Argia nahuana
coupled
Cherry Spring Ranch Crossing, North Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Springwater Dancer, Argia plana
Cherry Spring Ranch Crossing, North Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Dusky Dancer, Argia translata
Rio Vista Crossing, Cade Loop, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Comanche Dancer, Argia barretti
Rio Vista Crossing, Cade Loop, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
cf. Leonora's Dancer, Argia cf. leonorae
this is the critter i have identified as Leonora's Dancer; if it's not i'm stumped
South Fork Marsh, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
unknown Dancer sp. I, Argia sp. I
i can't figure this critter out.
although i think it is closest to the bug i am tentatively identifying as Leonora's Dancer
it has quite a bit more black on Segments 6 and 7 than the others.
South Fork Marsh, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
unidentified female Dancer sp. II, Argia sp. II
i'm still in the infant stages of learning females
South Fork Marsh, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
unidentified female Dancer sp. III, Argia sp. III
South Fork Marsh, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Roseate Skimmer, Orthemis ferruginea
South Fork Marsh, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
Yellow-legged Meadowhawk, Sympetrum vicinum
South Fork Marsh, South Fork, Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas, 12 November 2003
photos © by tony gallucci
