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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae) » Mosaic Darners (Aeshna) » Paddle-tailed Darner (Aeshna palmata)
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Paddle-tailed Darner - Aeshna palmata - female
Copyright © 2014 D. Cheasebro

Paddle-tailed Darner - Aeshna palmata - Female
Tennant Lake County Park, Ferndale, King County, Washington, USA
August 25, 2011
heteromorphic female.

The male has the "paddle"-shaped tail appendages.

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Contributed by D. Cheasebro on 13 August, 2014 - 5:43pm
Last updated 15 December, 2020 - 2:49pm

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