Last week I introduced a new activity for the Frost Curators’ Blog, a seek and find activity. Using short, rhyming hints, I highlighted some of the different aspects of the Odonata imaging project that we encountered last week.
1. The place in question on this map is actually Death Valley, where some of the Beatty Collection’s Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen, 1861) were found in 1956.
2. Last week’s note accompanied a specimen that was described as looking like “almost a Gomphus“. The specimen’s genus was actually Progomphus obscurus (Rambur, 1842). Its common name, the Common Sanddragon also goes along with this collecting event being near the sand.
3. The final clue was this Erythrodiplax funerea (Hagen,1861). Its common name, Black-winged Dragonlet, fits well with its appearance.
I enjoyed putting together this activity, and I hope that you enjoyed following along.
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