Eastern Pondhawk

Eastern Pondhawk dragonfly resting on a wooden plank of the boardwalk..
Eastern Pondhawk, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, June 11, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2500; f/11; 1/1600 sec.

This page is for the Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis). I saw this guy on the boardwalk as I was shooting Red-winged Blackbird males strutting for the females, so I took a few shots of it. At first I thought it was a Blue Dasher that I previously photographed at Mineral Wells State Park. However, there were some subtle differences that identified it as an Eastern Pondhawk, primarily the white claspers at the tip of its abdomen.

Eastern Pondhawk resting on a small tree branch.
Eastern Pondhawk, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, June 18, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-10,000; f/10; 1/2000 sec.
Eastern Pondhawk dragonfly perched on a plant stem.
Eastern Pondhawk, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, September 17, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2000; f/10; 1/800 sec.