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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae) » Mosaic Darners (Aeshna) » Canada Darner (Aeshna canadensis)
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Canada darner - Aeshna canadensis - male
Copyright © 2011 Ilze V-G.

Canada darner - Aeshna canadensis - Male
City of Greater Sudbury, Fairbank Lake, Ontario, Canada
September 24, 2011
Size: approx 8cm
This beautiful dragonfly was still zooming across the lake at full speed despite the frost and cold nights we have had!

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Canada darner - Aeshna canadensis - male Darner - Aeshna canadensis
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Contributed by Ilze V-G. on 26 September, 2011 - 2:37pm
Last updated 26 June, 2013 - 3:21pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 October, 2011 - 11:52pm login or register to post comments

Canada Darner - Aeshna canadensis
That is a male Canada Darner. There is a 90 degree notch out of the first thoracic stripe, no line across the face, and the correct cerci.
… Dan Jackson, 26 September, 2011 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

Yeah its a darner, probably a
Yeah its a darner, probably aeshna canadensis or interrupta or umbros, but im not an expert on darners.
… k jkh, 26 September, 2011 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

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