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Green-striped Darner (Aeshna verticalis)
Photo#453803
Copyright © 2010
Rich Sajdak
U/I Mosaic Darner NY #1 -
Aeshna verticalis
Mendon Ponds Park, Monroe County, New York, USA
September 11, 2010
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Contributed by
Rich Sajdak
on 11 September, 2010 - 6:39pm
Last updated 8 October, 2010 - 3:15pm
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Jason Forbes
, 8 October, 2010 - 3:15pm
Green-striped
This is a female Green-striped Darner (
Aeshna verticalis
). On the anterior lateral thoracic stripe, note the thick dorsal flag, and the obtuse indentation in the margin of the stripe. Canada has a thinner dorsal flag and a more acute notch.
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Ben Coulter
, 6 October, 2010 - 1:25pm
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john and jane balaban
, 1 October, 2010 - 4:38pm
UI Darner
Your female darner looks to me like a Canada (Aeshna canadensis). The thoracic stripes look good, the small spot just behind the leading thoracic stripe, the abdominal pattern, the lack of a facial stripe and the tinted wings. Now, I'm not familiar with all the darners you get in the East so it is possible it could be something else but that's my vote!
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DeeDee
, 18 September, 2010 - 8:23am