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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae) » Springtime Darners (Basiaeschna) » Springtime Darner (Basiaeschna janata)
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Springtime Darner - Basiaeschna janata
Copyright © 2005 bughunter

Springtime Darner - Basiaeschna janata
Grant County, Kentucky, USA
April 16, 2005
Placed here until it can be proved to be a different species
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Contributed by bughunter on 17 April, 2005 - 1:20pm
Last updated 18 April, 2005 - 4:03pm

Aeshna?
From the stripes on the side of the thorax it looks like a fresh-out-of-the-larval-skin Darner. Maybe Tony will be able to tell you more. Check out his guide here.
… john and jane balaban, 17 April, 2005 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

 
The ultimate definition of teneral
I agree, this ode is less than 30 mins emerged. If you go back to the site you should be able to find the exuviae within a few inches of where you photographed this ode. Should be able to get a positive id from it.
Because of the early date and the double thoracic stripes I would guess Sprintime Darner.
Anthony W. Thomas
… A.W. Thomas, 17 April, 2005 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

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