Desert Shadowdamsel
Palaemnema domina
pair in tandem
Eagle Creek,
near Clifton,
Greenlee Co., Arizona
25 August 2013

This is the only member of the family Platystictidae in the United States. This is probably one of the rarest resident odonates in the U.S., occurring only in isolated areas of SE Arizona. It lives in shaded areas in places like exposed tree roots along stream banks. It can be difficult to find the species even if you are where they live.

Shots of a pair as well as single male and female posted.