Tropical Dasher

This one is probably not possible to ID from this angle. Here are the Micrathyria possibilities I was using from the list: Micrathyria atra Micrathyria laevigata Micrathyria ocellata Micrathyria aequalis

New Year resolution :)

Having fun :) Like most insects there are a lot of characteristics to learn. With odonata there are eyes, thorax, abdomen and wing veination. I have learned to try to get as many photo views as possible to inspect later. Not an easy task as you know. You have a great New Year :)

Pam, the INaturalist observation was correct about this suggestion and its mate PN http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/41358005. Return both to Unknown and I will look again. Good to have help :) Here is a reference about the eyes touching differently in different families of dragonflies: http://efg.cs.umb.edu/keys/html//OdeFamKey_html/N102F0.html

Something to do on a cold evening :)

Photo and description: http://bdei2.cs.umb.edu:8080/efg2/Redirect.jsp?displayFormat=html&dataSourceName=odonataofcostarica_1321652367880&ALL_TABLE_NAME=efg_rdb_tables&uniqueID=1367239511473

Additional reference, but it did not have a discription or photo, just map. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=479576