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Box Elder County - July 30, 2006 Full View Head and Thorax Appendages Juab County Davis County Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis Near Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah 1. Head and thorax - top view 2.  Head and thorax - side view 3., 4. Appendages Juab County 1. 2. 3.  August  23, 2005, near Scipio but in Juab County, Utah - 4. August 14, 2005, Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah  ©Nicky Davis Davis County 4. 5.,6.,7.,8.This poor guy fell from the sky and landed in the Bison Bog in front of me and was unable to free himself from the "goo".  I scooped him up with my fingers and took a few photos while he got first his tail clean enough to lift it, then one wing, then another and was able to fly away on his own.  Bison Bog, Garr Ranch, Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah,  ©Nicky Davis Characteristics   1 1/4 to 1 3/4 inches long. Thorax is bronze-black with yellow stripe down center of upper surface and 4 dark spots on the underside.   Lower appendages are less than half the length of the upper appendages.  Stigma, dark brown.  Habitat -  ponds with cattails, bulrushes and sedges. Adult  food is a variety of soft-bodied flying insects such as mosquitos, flies and moths.  This spot was full of gnats and mosquitoes. Pronunciation less-tid-ee  less-tees Back to Top