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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae) » Rhionaeschna » Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)
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Dragonfly - Rhionaeschna multicolor
Copyright © 2005 Marion Cronen

Dragonfly - Rhionaeschna multicolor
Union, Union County, Oregon, USA
June 14, 2005
this was a really big dragonfly .. does anyone know the name of it ??
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Contributed by Marion Cronen on 16 June, 2005 - 12:30am
Last updated 25 May, 2015 - 10:59pm

Moved
Moved from California Darner.
… Jim Johnson, 25 May, 2015 - 10:59pm login or register to post comments

R. multicolor
This is Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor) based on the face, frons, and S2 pattern.
… Jim Johnson, 25 May, 2015 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mosaic Darners.
… A.W. Thomas, 19 August, 2006 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

moved to
California Darner page
… A.W. Thomas, 19 August, 2006 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

Aeshna sp.
Definitely in the "darner" famiy Aeshnidae. Probably a species of Aeshna. This is probably a "teneral," a recently-emerged adult that has yet to achieve full pigmentation. Makes ID really difficult:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 June, 2005 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

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