[Odonata-l] Exophytic egg layers

[Roy J. Beckemeyer]

Dennis and all,

I don't recall if I have ever seen eggs in envelopes with Gomphidae, but have a photo of a perched Ophiogompus female in a bush from th Ontario DSA meeting in which an egg mass is accumulated and visible beneath the tip of her abdomen.  If I had cauhght rather than photographed her, I suspect she would have continued to exude eggs.  The photo is at:
http://www.windsofkansas.com/OphioFemalez.jpg

Roy Beckemeyer
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