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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae) » Rhionaeschna » California Darner (Rhionaeschna californica)
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California Darner Dragonfly - Rhionaeschna californica - male - female
Copyright © 2011 Sandra Koski Jones

California Darner Dragonfly - Rhionaeschna californica - Male Female
Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, California, USA
June 8, 2011
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Contributed by Sandra Koski Jones on 11 June, 2011 - 12:34pm
Last updated 31 May, 2012 - 9:03pm

Moved
Moved from Blue-eyed Darner.
… Ben Coulter, 31 May, 2012 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

I agree- California Darner
Blue-eyed darner males have blue dorsal thoracic stripes. California Darner does not. Also, the lateral thoracic stripes are just visible enough to say they match California Darner, whitish-very light blue and pinch or become thin toward the top. Not bright blue, straight, and wider toward top. Face is pale not blue, also aids in ID of California Darner.
… Sandra Hunt-von Arb, 31 May, 2012 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

 
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These were moved based on the other image with forked cerci. Unlinking the images. Thanks for your attentiveness.
… Ben Coulter, 31 May, 2012 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

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… Ben Coulter, 10 July, 2011 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 15 June, 2011 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

California Darner
These appear to be California Darners.
… Ray Bruun, 12 June, 2011 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

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