[Odonata-l] spring challenge

[Dennis Paulson]

This is for North American odonate aficionados.

I am writing photo field guides for western and eastern North  
America, and I've been trying to get photos of both sexes of all the  
western species for two years now. There is still a surprisingly  
large list for which I have found no photos of FEMALES, and I wonder  
if perhaps no one has such photos.

Aeshna walkeri	Walker's Darner
Anax concolor	Blue-spotted Comet Darner
Remartinia luteipennis	Malachite Darner
Arigomphus lentulus	Stillwater Clubtail*
Erpetogomphus heterodon	Dashed Ringtail
Erpetogomphus l. lampropeltis	Serpent Ringtail
Gomphus gonzalezi	Tamaulipan Clubtail
Gomphus modestus	Gulf Coast Clubtail*
Stylogomphus sigmastylus	Interior Least Clubtail*
Somatochlora ensigera	Plains Emerald*
Somatochlora forcipata	Forcipate Emerald*
Somatochlora georgiana*	Coppery Emerald*
Somatochlora hudsonica	Hudsonian Emerald*
Somatochlora margarita	Texas Emerald*
Somatochlora sahlbergi	Treeline Emerald
Somatochlora septentrionalis	Muskeg Emerald*
Brechmorhoga pertinax	Masked Clubskimmer
Erythemis mithroides	Claret Pondhawk
Macrothemis inequiunguis	Jade-striped Sylph
Tauriphila azteca	Aztec Glider

So I'll put this list out as a challenge for all you photographers.  
Needless to say, if anyone gets a good photo of any of these females,  
I would very much like to have the opportunity to use it in my  
western book, which I will be submitting to the publisher some time  
this summer. As I will be starting on the eastern book immediately, I  
can use all those species with asterisks in that book.

Good luck!
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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net



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