"Recognized by tapered mottled gray-brown abdomen and long broad wings. Round basal spot on HW diagnostic ... Face yellow to orange, becoming red in mature males ... It perches vertically on twigs ...." (Sidney W. Dunkle. 2000. Dragonflies through Binoculars, p. 216-217)

"Each hindwing ... has a distinct round dark spot basally. The abdomen is darker and mottled" (John C. Abbott. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States, p. 290)

September 13, 2014.