Scientific Name: Orthemis ferruginea
Order: Odonata
Family: Aeshnidae
Diet: Eats insects that are only slightly smaller in size than it.
Vegetation Association: Found near freshwater bodies of water or canals. Naiads are found in the bottoms of shallow streams.
Predators: Birds
Life stages: Incomplete metamorphosis; egg, nymph, adult.
Notes: The male has a rose-pink and red-maroon colored abdomen. It forages at the top of tall vegetation; this is an aggressive predator.
Photo: Photo taken at the Riparian Preserve at the Gilbert Water Ranch in 2007. 

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