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Family Aeshnidae - Darners

Common green darner - Anax junius - female

Black-tipped Darner - Aeshna tuberculifera - female

mating paddle-tailed blue mosaic darners - Aeshna palmata - male - female

Dragonfly larva, Darner, Anax sp, early instar - Anax

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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