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Springtime Darner (Basiaeschna janata)
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Copyright © 2008
tom murray
Springtime Darner -
Basiaeschna janata
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 30, 2008
Size: 28mm
Caught in a minnow trap in the wetland behind my house.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 30 March, 2008 - 8:06pm
Last updated 31 March, 2008 - 7:31am
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tom murray
, 30 March, 2008 - 8:45pm
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Moved
Springtime darner is a very good possibility, since they start emerging the beginning of May, and this looks like a last instar larva.
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tom murray
, 30 March, 2008 - 8:44pm
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Aeshnidae: Basiaeschna janata
Probably - couldn't really be sure without checking the labium.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 30 March, 2008 - 8:20pm
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