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Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta)
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Copyright © 2010
Stone Lark
Lance-tipped Darner? -
Aeshna constricta
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Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, USA
August 1, 2010
Size: Under 3 inches
This dragonfly perched close to the ground, and circled near the woodland's edge.
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Contributed by
Stone Lark
on 1 August, 2010 - 11:15pm
Last updated 2 August, 2010 - 7:03am
Indeed!
This is an image of a different individual than the other image you provided, so the images were unlinked. Nice shots!
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Denis A. Doucet
, 2 August, 2010 - 7:05am
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Thanks!
I hadn't spotted this species here before, and wasn't sure whether a bunch of them had appeared, or just a single lonely creature. Had to follow it (them) back and forth for a half hour just to get a couple of shots.
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Stone Lark
, 2 August, 2010 - 8:30am
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, 2 August, 2010 - 7:00am
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