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Some kind of Dragonfly - Rhionaeschna californica

Some kind of Dragonfly - Rhionaeschna californica
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
April 11, 2012

Moved
Moved from Darners.

Rhionaeschna californica
Definitely Rhionaeschna californica (California Darner). The cerci shape are wrong for multicolor.

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Looks like...
A male Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor), but wait for an expert opinion.

 
darner
Thank you for responding. I appreciate having an idea of what this is.

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