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Dythemis fugax
The young male has a greenish face which becomes red with maturity. It has red eyes and a reddish-brown thorax. Its abdomen is patterned irregularly with dark and light patches, with a pair of long light spots on the top of abdominal segment 7. There is a large dark brown area at the base of each wing. The female also has red eyes and a greenish face. Its thorax is heavily striped in dark and light and its abdomen is irregularly marked with dark and light patches. The ventral surface of abdominal segment 9 is curved, and this can be observed from the side. Its wings are dark at the bases and tips.
Miller Springs Park is a 360-acre park located below Belton Lake. It contains diverse riparian terrain, including limestone bluffs, estuarial wetlands, mountain cedar hilltops, and riverside cottonwood stands. Numerous trails traverse prairie-like open spaces and forests of native cedar elm, live oak, and red oaks. Recent floods have created a new canyon that reveals numerous layers of sedimentary rock and fossils. Area wildlife includes white-tail deer, red foxes, coyotes, black squirrels, armadillos, and about 200 species of birds in the course of the year.
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