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Desert Firetail
Telebasis salva |
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| The Desert Firetail (Telebasis salva) is a tiny damselfly of the southwest. The first photos here, of a male, were digital captures in Austin, Travis Co., Texas in Ma,y 2003, and were shot with a Canon EOS 10D and EF 300 mm F4 L IS lens with a 1.4X extender and 550 EX flash. Some water mites are visible under the abdomen on the 2nd shot at right. For a page with images of a Desert Firetail emerging from its exuviae, go here. |  |
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| This shot was taken in May, 2005, in Medina Co., Texas, along Seco Creek near D'Hanis. |  |
| The male Desert Firetail here was photographed in southern Tamaulipas, Mexico, 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. |  |
| The pair of Desert Firetails in copula on the right was photographed in Burnet Co., Texas, in June, 2003. |  |
| The male Desert Firetail on the right was in Lampasas, Lampasas Co., Texas, in September, 2011. This shot was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and a Sigma 50-500mm lens and Canon 580 flash. |  |
| The male Desert Firetail on the right was along Onion Creek near Dripping Springs, Hays Co., Texas, in July, 2012. This shot was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and an EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 1.4X extender. |  |
| Desert Firetail Telebasis salva male Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis Co., Texas 28 October 2012 |
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| Desert Firetail Telebasis salva male San Marcos River, near Luling, Caldwell Co., Texas 8 June 2013 |
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| Desert Firetail Telebasis salva pair in copula Cienega Creek, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Presidio Co., Texas 22 August 2013 |
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| Desert Firetail Telebasis salva pair in copula Cienega Creek, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Presidio Co., Texas 22 August 2013 |
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| Desert Firetail Telebasis salva male Empire Cienega, Pima Co., Arizona 7 October 2013 |
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| Desert Firetail Telebasis salva male Rancho Primavera, near El Tuito, Jalisco, Mexico 11 April 2014 |
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| Desert Firetail Telebasis salva male Rancho Primavera, near El Tuito, Jalisco, Mexico 11 April 2014 |
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| Desert Firetail Telebasis salva pair in copula Rancho Primavera, near El Tuito, Jalisco, Mexico 11 April 2014 |
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