Yellow and black, blue eyes, clear wings (blurry because they would not stay still)
Pacific Spiketail (Cordulegaster dorsalis)
June 10, 2019
General Grant Grove
Kings Canyon National Park
Wilsonia, Tulare County, California
Elevation 6,600+ feet: A beautiful dragonfly that held still for a long while and allowed us to get close and take our pics. There's a small stream that runs through the grove not far from where it was perched catching some rays before sunset.
This female is ovipositing in the water by stabbing her abdomen down in the sand. She went quite deep each time, even submerging the hind wings.
14th May 2006.
Chalone Creek, Pinnacles National Monument, California.
Exuvia