The site is exposed beach area at the tip of a recent lava flow. Vegetation on the point was limited to low (1.5m ht) clumps of Red Mangrove. Two hundred meters farther inland and to the west, these are augmented by White Mangrove trees of 4 meter hts.

One of about 45 present in and around the Red Mangroves. Up to 4 were actively patrolling a saltwater lagoon at low tide. This is the common dragonfly of the islands. Only another 7-8 species are known from the Archipelago. There appears some confusion over the identity of the more common dragonfly. This species is depicted in "Wildlife of the Galapagos" by Fitter et al (2000) only incorrectly identified as a Spot-winged Glider.

There has been some question over the ID of the Tramea common to the Galapagos, but I follow Dennis Paulson with T. cophysa. This ID was confirmed in Odonatacentral. See ...

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