![]() Williamson, legendary odonatologist, described the difficulty involved in catching this species very well: ".its tendency to examine critically every object projecting above the water often makes its capture an embarrassing matter to the collector. Sam, my nemesis, when it comes to netting, is the Fawn Darner ( Boyeria vinosa). What do you think? - do you know of any contenders for this title of hardest dragonfly to catch?!? :) ![]() Or at least, the hardest dragonfly that Sam has ever caught. I think it currently holds the title for the hardest dragonfly to catch. It's a new one for me, but one that I shall always remember. Thanks much to for the ID of this dragonfly - pale-faced clubskimmer. And yes, I did release it, and it went back to zig-zagging along the stream. Finally, out of sheer luck, I was able to accidentally catch it - I think it was a sympathy catch - it saw how hard I was struggling to get it. I thought it was a 'darner' at first simply because I said "darn!" so many time (among other words/phrases). I was almost sore from swiping so many times to catch it. I would swipe with my net and then it would get loaded up with the spiny fruits of Xanthium strumarium. Also, I think it must have planted some traps for my net in the way of cockleburs. I don't know if this one was just hyper or ate some sugar fed fruit flied or something, but it was crazy hard. Secondly, it seemed to zig-zag more than any other dragonfly I've ever seen before. First of all, it never stood still to roost/rest. My word, this sucker took me a loooooong time to catch. So, I have officially submitted a dragonfly to the Guinness book of world records as THE HARDEST DRAGONFLY EVER TO CATCH. I had an encounter that will live in infamy. One of these neat places was Cooper Nature Park in Lampasas. ![]() I had lots of fun heading down to the hill country for the Master Naturalist conference - especially exploring a few new areas for me. Submitted dragonfly for Guinness book of world records.
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