[tn-dragonflies] spiketail search
- From: Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-dragonflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 18:25:37 -0400 (EDT)
On Tuesday July 3rd I went looking for ovipositing female spiketails to
try for better photos than I had gotten previously. I had seen Tiger
Spiketails, and gotten a few so-so shots, at Rock Island SP in Warren County,
and
at Burgess Falls in Putnam County. I was not successful this trip, and may
have missed the ideal date this year, but I did see a male at Rock Island.
At the site at Burgess Falls, these sites are gravely seeps below springs,
I saw a roosting Prince Baskettail and a roosting Fawn Darner (it was 100
degrees in the shade). On the previous date in '07 when I had the spiketail
ovipositing here, there was also a female Fawn Darner egg-laying in the
same stream. I thought their habitat was only larger streams and rivers, but
evidently they include tiny streams for egg-laying at least.
Some photos here:
Tiger Spiketail female from 22 June '07:
_http://www.pbase.com/rconnorsnaturephoto/image/81578511_
(http://www.pbase.com/rconnorsnaturephoto/image/81578511)
Tiger Spiketail male 7/3/12:
_http://www.pbase.com/rconnorsnaturephoto/image/144585813_
(http://www.pbase.com/rconnorsnaturephoto/image/144585813)
Fawn Darner female 6/22/07:
_http://www.pbase.com/rconnorsnaturephoto/image/75205262_
(http://www.pbase.com/rconnorsnaturephoto/image/75205262)
Prince Baskettail 7/3/12:
_http://www.pbase.com/image/144596074_
(http://www.pbase.com/image/144596074)
Richard Connors
Nashville
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