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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae) » Epiaeschna » Swamp Darner (Epiaeschna heros)
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BIG Dragon Fly - Epiaeschna heros
Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

BIG Dragon Fly - Epiaeschna heros
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 21, 2007
Size: 5 inches
Terrible photo cos it wouldn't let me get close. (I'll frass this later)
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 21 July, 2007 - 8:52pm
Last updated 2 August, 2007 - 6:20pm

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 2 August, 2007 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

Swamp Darner
This is a Swamp Darner (Epiaeschna heros), but I can't make out if it's male or female.
… Nick Block, 22 July, 2007 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! It was not being co-o
Thanks! It was not being co-operative.

It was going around the area "tapping" the ground/mud with it's tail-if that helps.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 22 July, 2007 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

 
Female
That helps a lot! :-) It was probably a female ovipositing, or at least going through the motions of ovipositing.
… Nick Block, 22 July, 2007 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

 
That's what I thought she mig
That's what I thought she might be doing. Thanks! ^__^
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 22 July, 2007 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

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