Subject: Duckweed Firetail, Telebasis byersi, face

Location: Hillside National Wildlife Refuge, Mississippi

Stock Number: 5-8183

Comments: This primarily Southern species was a real crowd-pleaser at the 2005 regional meeting of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas held at Yazoo City. More than one enthusiast went wading in hopes of capturing a specimen or a photo.

Note: For a large number of photos of this and other damselfly species, see our Odonata of West Virginia website