הזיהויים של jcabbott

White Rock lake, Sunset Bay
Damselflies Are Like Tiny Jewels
Damselflies are so small you never notice them unless you are looking for them. They come in lots of sparkly colors and look like tiny flying jewels.
Is this an olive form female Rambur's Forktail or female citrine?

At a culvert over a small creek on Liberty Road just NW of int w C C Bridge Rd.

I was driving down Liberty Road on my way back to the 'Emerald Triangle' on C C Bridge Road for an afternoon of Emerald photography. As I passed over the creek, I glanced down over the road as I passed. I saw a Clubtail of some kind land on an overhanging plant and thought 'that was an odd looking Black-shouldered Spinyleg'... I stopped quickly and walked back, managing to creep up and get a few photos of the tail before getting a full body view. However, as soon as I saw the tail I knew it was a male Laura's Clubtail! Right after I got a full body photo good enough for an ID, it flew straight up into a tree. I had my camera set to burst mode for photographing Emeralds and by chance managed to catch it as it flew off.

This is a new county record and major range extension for this species.

A habitat photo is also included. The stream is a deeply shaded with some small riffles of small gravel. This is very similar to the habitat where I saw this species in Big Creek last month. My guess is that the male was making patrolling forays from this grapevine and I happened to see it land.