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Paddle-Tailed Darner - Aeshna palmata - female
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Paddle-Tailed Darner - Aeshna palmata - Female
Sierra City, Sierra County, California, USA
June 25, 2006
Identified from the picture on my website by Kathy Biggs.
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Contributed by tom murray on 5 November, 2006 - 3:17pm

Can't add to the ode ID...
But the floating "clover-leaf" looks like a water fern in the genus Marsilea. It might be M. oligosperma, but in that area the range overlaps wth M. vestita, and the characters separating the two in the key have to do with the sporangium case and its stalk, which aren't visible here if they're present at all.
… Chuck Entz, 6 November, 2006 - 7:35am login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
I was wondering about that. It looked like I got a 4 leaf clover that adapted to water. Thanks for the plant info Chuck!
… tom murray, 6 November, 2006 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

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