Species Anax amazili - Amazon Darner

Classification · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Amazon Darner being eaten by a Common Green Darner - Anax amazili

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Family Aeshnidae (Darners)

Genus Anax

Species amazili (Amazon Darner)

Identification

Eyes gray; Face green with diamond-shaped black mark on frons; white spots laterally on S3-9.

Range

Records from Texas, Florida and Louisiana. Mostly found in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, but has been documented in central and west Texas. Ranges south to Argentina.

Habitat

Open ponds and marshes

Season

April-November in Texas, June-October in Florida

Remarks

Rare. May be breeding in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and southern Florida.

Print References

Dragonflies of Texas A Field Guide(1)

Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East(2)

Works Cited

1.	Dragonflies of Texas A Field Guide. John C. Abbott. 2015. University of Texas Press, Austin. 466 pp.

2.	Dragonflies and damselflies of the East D. Paulson. 2012. Princeton University Press. 576 pp.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 9 November, 2006 - 9:06pm
Additional contributions by Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 29 June, 2019 - 2:33pm

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