Filigree Skimmer
Pseudoleon superbus
Photo taken 22 Sept. 2005 along Cave Creek, about 7 miles east of Cave Creek, Maricopa Co., Arizona.
Libellulidae - Skimmer Dragonfly Family
Habitat: the immature form uses sediments in rocky pools of temporary streams
Behavior: Perches on rocks near breading habitat
RANGE: Reported from Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
Doubtless in Mexico as well.
Male: The male's wings are more extensively black than the female's
illustrated here.