Eastern Pondhawk

I cupped my hands around it. It was late at night and I could not catch it, it was buzzing around a stained glass lamp, and kept knocking into the glass, finally when it fell, I thought it had died, I cupped my hands around it and I was bitten on the hand ,so I opened the door and released her into the back yard.

I know larger ones have been know to bite...none sting. The proper/humane way to handle an Odonate is to grasp it by all for wings...making your fingers into like a scissor shape.

Thank you for the ID! Yes it left a small mark, no bleeding. It felt like a bite not a sting. I was surprised, I have never been bitten by one either.

It bit you? I have handled a lot of these and never been bitten. Did it leave a mark? This a female eastern pondhawk, by the way.