[Odonata-l] Texas Butterfly Festival

[Joshua Stuart Rose]

On Oct 24, 2006, at 10:57 AM, Joshua Stuart Rose wrote:
>
> two female darners which we suspect were also G. mexicana, but as  
> neither of us had seen the female of the species before, and it was  
> not illustrated in any current field guide, we collected them and  
> are having them delivered to John Abbott for confirmation.

Hi again,

Well, the two specimens made it to John intact, and turned out to be  
NOT Gynacantha, but Triacanthagyna septima! In English, the Pale- 
green Darner. This is a first Texas record, and second (and third)  
for the US! Bob, John, and I are producing an article for Argia, so  
watch there for full details.

(any list newcomers out there who do not know what Argia is, that  
means you are not yet members of the Dragonfly Society of the  
Americas; see
http://odonatacentral.bfl.utexas.edu/dsa1/default.htm )

Cheers,

Josh


Joshua Stuart Rose
Program Director
World Birding Center
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
Mission TX
http://www.worldbirdingcenter.org/sites/mission/index.phtml
956-584-9156 extension 236
joshua.rose at tpwd.state.tx.us