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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae) » Mosaic Darners (Aeshna) » Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)
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Large Dragonfly - Aeshna umbrosa
Copyright © 2014 Dan Davison

Large Dragonfly - Aeshna umbrosa
Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA
October 14, 2014
Size: 3.5 - 4 inches?
Usually don't catch these big dragonflies resting. It was cool out and overcast so that may have helped. Later it was flying non-stop over our koi pond and I got a blurry image. It was very cooperative so I have numerous images - I will upload several. Is it in the Darner family?

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Contributed by Dan Davison on 14 October, 2014 - 5:58pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tony Leukering, 14 October, 2014 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

Lance-tipped Darner?
Possibly the Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta) that maybe has migrated south from Wisconsin or even Canada?
… Dan Davison, 14 October, 2014 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

Shadow darner
a male. max. size just under 3"
… Larry de March, 14 October, 2014 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

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