Waiting game
We saw this female Common whitetail dragonfly (Plathemis lydia) at Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge during our scouting day before the eclipse. According to Wikipedia, it is also called a long-tailed skimmer. Whitetail females can be distinguished by their smaller size, shorter bodies, and white zigzag abdominal stripes; the abdominal stripes of L. puchella (which they resemble) are straight and yellow.
Waiting game
We saw this female Common whitetail dragonfly (Plathemis lydia) at Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge during our scouting day before the eclipse. According to Wikipedia, it is also called a long-tailed skimmer. Whitetail females can be distinguished by their smaller size, shorter bodies, and white zigzag abdominal stripes; the abdominal stripes of L. puchella (which they resemble) are straight and yellow.