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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae) » Mosaic Darners (Aeshna) » Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta)
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Dragonfly on driveway - Aeshna constricta
Copyright © 2008 Patricia Hankey

Dragonfly on driveway - Aeshna constricta
Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, USA
July 30, 2008
This dragonfly appeared on my steps minutes after I had just been there. Was it blown in by the wind? Could it have been stung by a wasp? Shortly after I put it in the grass, several wasps appeared and began to dismember the dragonfly. I got a picture or 2 of that, but didn't know if I should submit them.

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Contributed by Patricia Hankey on 30 July, 2008 - 6:22pm
Last updated 20 November, 2008 - 9:28am

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… Nick Block, 20 November, 2008 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

Probably not stung by wasp
but maybe it was hit by a car and blown onto your front step by wind. The wasps were probably just taking advantage of a meal that you put in front of them.

As to ID, I think Jason's comment that it's a Lance-tipped Darner is reasonable.
… June Tveekrem, 1 August, 2008 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

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