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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae)
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I think it's a darner, but which one?
Copyright © 2015 Thomas R Miller

I think it's a darner, but which one?
Cascade Pond, Hamilton County, New York, USA
September 23, 2015
This is the best I could come up with or thoracic stripes.

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I think it's a darner, but which one? I think it's a darner, but which one?
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Contributed by Thomas R Miller on 7 October, 2015 - 8:38am
Last updated 2 November, 2015 - 11:28am

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Lake Darner - Aeshna eremita
The front thoracic stripe has a 90 degree notch in it. This means that it is a Green-striped, Canada, or Lake Darner. Since that stripe appears to be blue, it eliminates Green-striped. There is a black line at the crease in the face which eliminates a Canada Darner.
… Dan Jackson, 7 October, 2015 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Dan
Its behavior fits the description in Paulson, too. It (they) cruised at the edge of the pond without hovering, and perched only on rocks right at the shore or on a bare tree trunk very near the shore.

At one point, I had my camera focused on a pair of meadowhawks flying united very near the surface of the pond, but they disappeared the instant I pressed the shutter. I took my eyes away from the camera just in time to see one of the darners flying away with something red.
… Thomas R Miller, 8 October, 2015 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

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