Red-striped and Bronze Rubyspots

We found this Bronze Rubyspot (Hetaerina capitalis) on 16 July 2017 during our walk at Costa Rica's Braulio Carrillo National Park. The species is found in mountain forests from Central America into South America. We saw several rubyspots during our Costa Rican adventure. At least nine rubyspot species inhabit Costa Rica. One rubyspot (not found in Costa Rica), the American, actually ventures into Minnesota. Seeing a rubyspot here in the northland is, indeed, a tropical vision.

The second and third photos here are of Red-striped Rubyspots (Hetaerina miniata), which do not seem to have much of an Internet footprint. Apparently they are uncommon along Central American jungle streams. These images are of a male and female from La Selva Reserve taken of 15 July 2017.