Common Whitetail

Common Whitetail dragonfly holding on to the underside of a dead water plant stem.
Common Whitetail, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, July 2, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-3200; f/11; 1/400 sec.

This page is for the Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia). I was headed to where the Indigo Buntings were hanging out and went through a whole herd of dragonflies. This female Common Whitetail just sat there seeming to want a photo taken. So I did.