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Dragonfly - Aeshna

Dragonfly - Aeshna
Parksville, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
June 8, 2011
Perched a little below eye level, about 8:30 PM

Kept quite still even when its perch was moved

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Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.

Darner
It's a Darner (Aeshnidae)(1) but I don't know what kind. The single stripe on the side of the thorax should be helpful for ID; two is the more common number.

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