Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)
Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)
Halloween Pennant dragonfly perched above a pond at Big Hollow Recreation Area in Des Moines County, Iowa.

Details:

Canon EOS 10D,  shutter 1/250 second, aperture f13, ISO 400, Canon EF 100 mm macro lens.

 

Selected References:

Milne Lorus, Milne Margery. National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects & Spiders. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1980. Plate 364, P 370

USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. "Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)." Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of the United States / Odonata of Iowa (www.npwrc.usgs.gov). <http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/dfly/ia/341.htm > (5 Sep. 2005).