Here is a photo from last year, a reminder of what is coming in 2011. Species of the genus Epitheca are usually the first dragonflies to start showing up around here. They generally begin emerging in mid-March and persist maybe through August.
This fine specimen, an unidentified baskettail (Epitheca sp.), was placed in a vial of acetone moments after capture. Usually when we immediately immerse a specimen in the field it is so the specimen won't damage itself, or to preserve its ephemeral developmental state.
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