Red-and-Black Flatwing

Just before departing La Selva Tropical Research Statation on 15 July 2018, our tour stopped at a small creek that passed beneath the road. We quickly added several dragonflies to our ever-growing list. The first of these was a Red-and-Black Flatwing. This species is the most common and widely destributed of its genus, Heteragrion, in Costa Rica. The creek provided ideal habitat for this flatwing.