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teneral female - Aeshna constricta - female

teneral female - Aeshna constricta - Female
Glenview, Illinois, USA
July 23, 2004
The golden color on the wings indicative of teneral animal, newly emerged from the larval skin. Wide leaf-like appendages indicative of the female. Aeshnas notoriously difficult to distinguish species.

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