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Twilight Darner - Gynacantha nervosa - male
Copyright © 2006 Carla Finley

Twilight Darner - Gynacantha nervosa - Male
Venice, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
November 2, 2006
Last one, promise. I was very excited this morning to get a living female. There were more than 20 of these last night flying over my head feeding around an hour before sunset.
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Contributed by Carla Finley on 2 November, 2006 - 1:57pm
Last updated 5 November, 2006 - 7:25am

Moved
Moved from Phantom Darner.
… Carla Finley, 5 November, 2006 - 7:24am login or register to post comments

Hang on
This is not a Phantom, but another dusk-feeding southeastern specialty, Twilight Darner (Gynacantha nervosa), and it's a male. I am jealous of this one too. I saw these this spring on a trip to the Panhandle, and spent 20 minutes trying to net one in the headlights of our rented car, to no avail. Nice photo.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 4 November, 2006 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh my gosh!
Now I see the difference in the Phantom female I posted. She had green stripes on the top of her thorax and this one doesn't. Thank you so much Cliff! I gave you credit for ID correction on my webshots site. Thanks again.
… Carla Finley, 5 November, 2006 - 7:21am login or register to post comments

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