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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