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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae) » Mosaic Darners (Aeshna)
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Anisoptera? - Aeshna
Copyright © 2007 Micki Killoran

Anisoptera? - Aeshna
NNW of Pagosa Springs, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
September 13, 2007
Size: 27 mm
I had scooped up some lake water for one of the biology teachers, and this guy showed up after all the mud settled. I think it's an Anisoptera dragonfly nymph. I don't often get shots of the adults because they rarely sit still for me.

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Contributed by Micki Killoran on 13 September, 2007 - 8:07am
Last updated 12 July, 2016 - 11:18pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Naiads and Exuviae.
… john and jane balaban, 12 July, 2016 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 15 December, 2007 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

Yep, dragonfly
Yep, looks like a dragonfly. I'd lean towards darner from the shape but cant do anything beyond that.
… Brenda Van Ryswyk, 13 September, 2007 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

 
darner
OK, but to clear up my confusion; Anisoptera is the sub-order, and Aeshnidae is the family that includes darners?
… Micki Killoran, 13 September, 2007 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
You got it!
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 September, 2007 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Definitely a Darner
You are correct in assigning it to Aeshnidae. It is an Aeshna species, and a close-up of its labium could get it to species.
… Hayden Zander, 12 July, 2016 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

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