Dragonflies & Damselflies of Curacao Mars Muusse - the Netherlands

Band-winged Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata) is a species found at the same place as Rainpool Spreadwing on Curacao island: sedge fields and small pools surrounded with tall grass. Both male and female were most often found at rest; the males making only short flights and quickly disappearing low in the vegetation.
The Erythrodiplax family is a large group of which female types are sometime notoriously difficult to identify. However, according to Carlos Esquivel’s book, ‘Dragonflies and Damselflies of Middle America and the Caribbean’, only four species have been recorded for the Lesser Antilles region: E. berenice, E. fusca, E. umbrata & E. unimaculata.
On Curacao, this species was recorded at Muizenberg and at Malpais, north of St Michiel.

Band-winged Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata). Muizenberg - Curacao, March 2009. Female.