Some odo's end up in the belly of birds; some in lizards, frogs or fish; some get captured and sucked dry
by robber flies or eaten by other odo's; some die alone to be recycled by gleaners. A nearby flock of Savannah
Sparrows moving through the brush probably found this expired Flame Skimmer soon after the shot was taken.
Other examples of odo signoffs:
-- watched Black Phoebe's taking teneral damsels at Grant Lake.
-- saw a Fence Lizard take a pair of ovipositing Spotted Spreadwings at McCreery Lake.
-- saw a bullfrog take a pair of ovipositing Cardinal Meadowhawks at Sausal Pond.
-- saw a fish take a Tule Bluet at Oka Ponds.
-- saw a Giant Robber Fly consume a male Northern Bluet at Ogier Ponds.
-- have witnessed and photographed numerous examples of odo's in spider webs.
-- gleaners seen finishing off dead odo's include ants, wasps, sparrows and water striders.
-- have witnessed and photographed numerous examples of odo-on-odo predation.
including a female W Pondhawk on male W Pondhawk.
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