American Rubyspot (male)

American Rubyspots (Hetaerina americana) are large damselflies with red in the wings. Males have a dark red patch on the basil third of the wings, while females have more diffuse red that runs out the leading edge of the wing to the tip.
F/16, 1/200th, ISO 400, Canon 20D, Sigma 150mm f/2.8 + Kenko 1.4x ext with monopod for support & fill the summer of 2005 along the bank of a nearby creek. If you look closely, there's a spider hiding underneath this dried grass perch..