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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae) » Mosaic Darners (Aeshna) » Canada Darner (Aeshna canadensis)
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Dragonfly - Aeshna canadensis
Copyright © 2015 RGodfrey57

Dragonfly - Aeshna canadensis
Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada
September 10, 2015
Size: approx 1.5 inch
found dragonfly in a concrete trench in the morning of 10 September. I think it may be a type of darner? The image has been shrunk down quite a bit
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Contributed by RGodfrey57 on 12 September, 2015 - 7:14pm
Last updated 15 September, 2015 - 9:04am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ben Coulter, 15 September, 2015 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

darner it is
looks one of the Aeshna darners although I'm not sure which one. Confusing bunch
… Steve Scholnick, 12 September, 2015 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks Steve, I am not finding many images available for Nova Scotia and sending the images to the correct people at the NS museum is not easy due to not being able to attach images.

Cheers
… RGodfrey57, 13 September, 2015 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Aeshna
If one gets a nice shot of the side of the thorax they usually aren't confusing. If I had to guess I'd say A. canadensis.
… Larry de March, 13 September, 2015 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks Larry,I will endeavor to get good side shots whenever I can . This one was in a narrow cable trench so I could not get low enough. I will check info on canadensis

Cheers
… RGodfrey57, 13 September, 2015 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

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