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Greg Lasley Nature Photography
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The Blue-faced Darner (Coryphaeschna adnexa) is a fairly recent addition to the Odonata of Texas. Prior to its Texas discovery, the species was only known from Florida within the U.S. It has only been found in the extreme southern portions of Texas in and near the Lower Rio Grande Valley and just in a very few locations. Tom Langschied has had this species in a few locations on the King Ranch in Kleberg Co., Texas recently. In October 2003, Tom took John Abbott and me to look for the species and while we were not able to get one to pose for photos in the wild, we were successful in netting one for hand-held photos. The top two photos are digital captures with a Canon EOS 10D and EF 70-200mm F2.8 L IS lens with a 2X extender and 550 EX flash. See bottom two photos for shots of a Blue-faced Darner in Hidalgo Co., Texas in May 2004. These shots were taken with the same equipment as the hand-held photos.
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The next two shots on the left show a female (above) and a male (below) Blue-faced Darner on the King Ranch in Kleberg Co., Texas, in Octobver, 2004. These shots were taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender and 550 flash.
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The next three shots show a male Blue-faced Darner near Soto La Marina, Tamaulipas, Mexico, in May, 2007. These shots were taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender and 580 flash.
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The next 2 shots show a female Blue-faced Darner along the Rio Grande in Hidalgo Co., Texas, in June, 2008. These images were taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and EF 300mm F/4 l IS lens and 2X extender with flash.
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