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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae)
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Dragonfly
Copyright © 2015 Phil Nosler

Dragonfly
Little Cultus Lake, Dechutes County, Oregon, USA
September 8, 2015
Hi, Bugguide

I found this dragonfly at a lake in the Central Cascades, Oregon. I'm guessing that it's a Great Basin Snaketail. Do any of you know what species it is?

Thanks,
Phil
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Contributed by Phil Nosler on 26 December, 2015 - 3:28pm
Last updated 26 December, 2015 - 8:40pm

Paddle-tailed or Variable Darner
Either Paddle-tailed or Variable, but there's no way to say for sure from the photo.
… Jim Johnson, 6 February, 2016 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

 
the lateral thoracic stripes
look nothing like those of any of the 100's of Variable darners I've looked at.
… Larry de March, 6 February, 2016 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Don't rely on the stripes around here
She is entirely consistent with the species in this part of their range. The species is quite variable in this region, varying from heavy stripes indistinguishable from palmata, to almost entirely lacking pale thoracic markings. In cases like this when they have relatively heavy thoracic markings, the only way to ID them (relative to palmata) is to examine the ovipositor.
… Jim Johnson, 6 February, 2016 - 11:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 26 December, 2015 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

Darner
a female. perhaps Paddle-tailed
… Larry de March, 26 December, 2015 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

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