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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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Darner that Flies at Dusk - Aeshna canadensis
Copyright © 2013 Tom Arbour

Darner that Flies at Dusk - Aeshna canadensis
Otisfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
July 11, 2013
These come out to feed after the sun has set, and then stop flying as twilight ends and true darkness begins. Is this a shadow darner perhaps? The color seems off to me.
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Contributed by Tom Arbour on 14 July, 2013 - 6:58pm
Last updated 15 July, 2013 - 11:37am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ben Coulter, 15 July, 2013 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

Canada
This is Aeshna canadensis. Great flight pic!
… Ben Coulter, 15 July, 2013 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

Don't think it's a Shadow
The lateral thoracic stripes don't look right.

Possibly a Canada Darner, but that's more a guess than ID.
… Marty R., 14 July, 2013 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

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