270 DRAGONFLIES OF NORTH AMERICA 
bush on which it rested. Many, especially tenerals, rested on grass, and such 
when attacked flew into the nearest bush. 
Even fully developed imagoes were never on the wing for any great length 
of time, seldom at any time flying more than 20 or 30 feet; but in spite of their 
apparently weak flight they were not easily taken, because a single stroke of the 
net would send all the nearby individuals into the bushes. 
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Fia. 44. Archilestes californica (drawn by Kennedy). 
In capturing the female the male flies toward her while she is on the wing; 
or if she is alighted, as is the usual case, she flies up to meet him, when he first 
seizes her head with his feet, then, bending his abdomen forward, seizes her 
prothorax with the claspers on the tip of his abdomen. 
While ovipositing the pair are remarkably indifferent to enemies. as both can 
be easily picked up by the hand. 
Though I watched carefully I found only one place along the creek where 
ovipositing took place. This was in the alders and willows along a scum-covered 
stagnant pool of the creek. This was fringed by a thick growth of Juncus and 
Scirpus, on the smooth stems of which were found many exuviae of Archilestes. 
60. Lxestres Leach 
ese are elongate damselflies of rather large size. The wings are 
held obliquely upward and backward in repose, and are hyaline with 
