Jade-striped Sylph

We should have spent more time at La Selva Reserve in Costa Rica on 15 July. We stopped at an overgrown pond in the jungle and a small stream at the edge of the reserve. At the stream, we netted this Jade-striped Sylph. This dragonfly cruises slow-flowing, forested streams in south-central Texas south through Mexico to Venezuela. They either perch on leaves or hang from bushy stems (Paulson 2009).