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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae)

Family Aeshnidae - Darners

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Amazon Darner - Anax amazili - male Variable darner - female Shadow Darner dorsal view - Aeshna umbrosa - male Cyrano Darner - Nasiaeschna pentacantha Aeshna sitchensis, closeup of cerci - Aeshna sitchensis - male Unknown Dragonfly - Anax junius Fawn Darner (Boyeria vinosa) - Boyeria vinosa - female Black-tipped VT - Aeshna tuberculifera
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
Family Aeshnidae (Darners)
Other Common Names
USE: The Odonata of North America for Common Names
USE: The Odonata of North America for Scientific Names
Numbers
41 species in 13 genera listed at The Odonata of North America
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Tony-2
Last updated 9 November, 2008 - 8:31am

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