Peten Dasher

We photographed Peten Dashers, Micrathyria debilis, along the ponds of the Laguna Largarto Lodge on 13 July 2017. I’ve had a hard time learning much about this dark dasher. Abbot (2015) writes that, because this dragonfly is found throughout Central America and Jamaica and is common in Mexico, it is likely to show up in south Texas. Needham et al. (2014) write that steel-blue color of the male and his yellowish white face are keys to identification, but have little else to say about the species.