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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae) » Rhionaeschna » California Darner (Rhionaeschna californica)
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Dragon - Rhionaeschna californica - male
Copyright © 2007 Sean McCann

Dragon - Rhionaeschna californica - Male
Port Coquitlam, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
May 12, 2007
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Contributed by Sean McCann on 12 May, 2007 - 11:34pm
Last updated 13 May, 2007 - 7:49pm

Springtime Darner I believe
I believe this species is a male Basiaeschna janata ... Springtime Darner.

Michelle
… Michelle Lynn St.Sauveur, 13 May, 2007 - 1:24am login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks Michelle!
The range info in the Guide says only Eastern US and Canada. Could this be the same species?
… Sean McCann, 13 May, 2007 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

 
No Springtime
In BC. True Aeschna genus. Which one is up in the air for now. BC has a host. Male with some female coloration or it is juvenile.
… Herschel Raney, 13 May, 2007 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably California
I think an early Aeshna-looking darner out west with no frontal thoracic stripes is going to be Rhionaeschna californica.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 13 May, 2007 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
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… Sean McCann, 13 May, 2007 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

 
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I should ask Rob Bennett now that I am back in BC!
… Sean McCann, 13 May, 2007 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

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