Found this little guy (actually pretty big for a dragonfly) at Naftan point on Saipan. My group partner almost chopped off its head in the pursuit. It is a rusty darner,
Anaciaschna jaspidae, found also on Guam. It is very beautiful and the male we caught had marvelous marble-like blue eyes. The female eyes are green colored. Even with head partly decapitated, it put up a fight and bit the hand of my partner. At times its abdomen would coil upwards as if to strike. However, I think it did this because it was in pain.
Last two weeks spent studying butterfly abundance. These two
Eurema blandas seem to be having a good time. I thought I'd be sick of butterflies by the end of the course, but fortunately that is not the case.
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| Two E. blanda |
