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Flag-tailed Spinyleg
Dromogomphus spoliatus
The Flag-tailed Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spoliatus) is a fairly common clubtail of the mid west and south-central United States. The first shot shown here, of a female, was taken along the shore of Lake Travis near Austin, Travis Co., Texas in June, 2003. This digital capture was 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 next shot shows a male at Buescher State Park, Bastrop Co., Texas in July, 2003. It was shot with the same equipment as previously described.
The shot at right shows a female in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in August, 2003, again, with the same equipment as previously described.
Next, is another shot of a male from Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in June, 2004 with the same equipment as previously described.
The next shot is of a female from deep south Texas in Zapata Co., along the Rio Grande, in October, 2004. This image was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender and 550 EX flash.
The Flag-tailed Spinyleg shown here was at Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in August, 2007. This image was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender and 580 flash.
This male Flag-tailed Spinyleg was in Gonzales, Gonzales Co., Texas in August, 2007. It was shot with the same gear as previously described.
The pair of Flag-tailed Spinylegs in copula shown here, was in Hempstead Co., Arkansas, in September, 2007. This shot was taken with the same gear as previously described.
The male Flag-tail shown here was in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in June, 2008. This image was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender.
The male Flag-tail shown here was in Gonzales, Gonzales Co., Texas, in June, 2008. This image was taken with the same gear as the shot just previous.
The male Flag-tailed Spinyleg shown here was along the Medina River just south of San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas, in September, 2008. This shot was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender and 580 EX flash.
The two different male Flag-tailed Spinylegs in the next 2 shots were both in Gonzales Co., Texas, in August, 2009. These 2 images were taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and an EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender and 580 flash.
The male Flag-tailed Spinyleg shown here was in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in August, 2009. This image was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and an EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender and 580 flash.
The male Flag-tailed Spinyleg shown here was in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in October, 2009, and was shot with the same gear described previously. This date is near the end of the species' flight season in that area.
The female Flag-tailed Spinyleg shown here has captured a Bordered Patch butterfly. This image was taken in Gonzales Co., Texas in July, 2010, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and an EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender and 580 flash.
The female Flag-tailed Spinyleg shown here was in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in July, 2010. This shot was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and a Sigma 50-500mm lens and Canon 580 flash.
The female shown here has captured a Bordered Patch. This shot was taken with the same photo gear as previously described, in Austin, Texas, in August, 2010.
The teneral male Flag-tailed Spinyleg on the right was at Langford Creek Lake, Clarksville, Red River Co., Texas, in June, 2011.
The male Flag-tailed Spinyleg on the right was at Gambill Lake Refuge, near Paris, Lamar Co., Texas, in June, 2011.
Flag-tailed Spinyleg
Dromogomphus spoliatus
male
Pedernales River Nature Park,
Johnson City,
Blanco Co., Texas
4 June 2013
Flag-tailed Spinyleg
Dromogomphus spoliatus
male
Hornsby Bend,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
5 June 2013
Flag-tailed Spinyleg
Dromogomphus spoliatus
male
Hornsby Bend,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
5 June 2013
Flag-tailed Spinyleg
Dromogomphus spoliatus
female
Pedernales River Nature Park,
Johnson City,
Blanco Co., Texas
13 June 2013
Flag-tailed Spinyleg
Dromogomphus spoliatus
female
Hornsby Bend,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
5 July 2013
Flag-tailed Spinyleg
Dromogomphus spoliatus
female
Hornsby Bend,
Austin, Travis Co., Texas
5 July 2013
Flag-tailed Spinyleg
Dromogomphus spoliatus
female
Independence Park,
Gonzales, Gonzales Co., Texas
2 August 2013