One Rugged Damsel

There was so much to see along the Mission Reach last Wednesday, I only managed to photograph some of the highlights. There were a few species of damselflies active, but I only photographed this Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) perched on Switchgrass that had already dropped most of its seeds:

The Familiar Bluet has a year round flight season in Texas, surviving our normal winters with little difficulty. With this winter getting off to an unusually prolonged, cold beginning, it will be interesting to see just how rugged this damsel really is when the weather warms up a bit.

This set of photographs was taken near the confluence of the San Antonio River and San Pedro Creek on the San Antonio River Mission Reach on Wednesday, December 4, 2013.