The Five-striped Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides albrighti) is a fairly large, showy clubtail of Texas. The shots here were digital captures in Austin, Travis Co., Texas in June 2003 and were shot with a Canon EOS 10D and EF 70-200 mm F2.8 L IS lens with a 2X extender and 550 EX flash. The Four-striped Leaftail (P. stigmatus) is very similar in appearance and caution is needed in making the identification. On the Five-striped Leaftail note the pattern of the stripes on the thorax forming two distinct "U" shapes caused by the posterior two pairs of stripes being connected at the bottom. I have created a page about the field characters of these two similar species. If you are intrested, click here.

The male Five-striped Leaftail on the left was at Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in May, 2007. This image was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender and 580 flash.

The teneral male Five-striped Leaftail on the left was near Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas, in May, 2008. This shot was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender.

The next 3 shots show different views of the same male Five-striped Leaftail. It was photographed at the same time and place as well as the same equipment as the shot just above.