Seaside Dragonlet

Title

Seaside Dragonlet

Artist

Paul Rebmann

Medium

Photograph - Photograph

Description

A female seaside dragonlet perched on the seed head of Gaillardia.

This image has been featured in the following groups:
1000 Views on 1 Image (12/10/2023) &
Bugs Bugs and more Bugs (09/30/2018)

These small dragonflies can be found in salt marshes, mangrove swamps and coastal strands throughout Florida, including the Keys and Dry Tortugas. The range extends along the Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to Venezuela, including the Gulf coast, Bahamas and Greater Antilles, plus the Pacific coast of Mexico and saline lakes in the western United States.
Juveniles of both sexes have black and yellow stripes on the thorax, and have an abdomen with yellow-orange on top. Males quickly develop a black thorax and the yellow on the abdomen is reduced to small spots before disappearing entirely. Fully mature males are black, mostly appearing a dark dusky blue with brown eyes and dark face. Females vary, having a number of color forms where the thorax and abdomen darken at different rates. The eyes of females and juveniles are brown on top and lighter below with varied colors. Face colors vary, starting out black and yellow and darkening with age. Some individuals may have faint amber mid-wing spots. Erythrodiplax berenice dragonflies are 28-35mm (~1 to 1-1/2 in.) long.
Erythrodiplax berenice is the only North American dragonfly that breeds primarily in salt water.
(Subject description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)

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September 29th, 2018

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