The Red-tailed Pennant is a common red dragonfly of the desert southwest. In Arizona, where I am now, its flight season is said to begin in June. Even so, I've been seeing them regularly in April the last couple years, and this year I saw one in my backyard just a few days ago. It seems their early flight date should be moved up to March.
Here's a look at the Red-tailed Pennant, along with some of its more prominent field marks indicated with
white text and arrows. The
blue annotations indicate other features of interest.
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| A male Red-tailed Pennant, observed at the Gilbert Water Ranch. |
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| Field marks for the Red-tailed Pennant. |
Here's a slightly different view:
It seems a lot of animals are showing up at different times than usual these days – apparently the Red-tailed Pennant falls into that group.
The best thing about this observation is that this was the first time I've seen a Red-tailed Pennant in my backyard. That's cool. I hope I continue to see them!
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