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Dragonflies and DamselfliesWhat kind of dragonfly?
Can you help me identify this dragonfly? New to this site! Thanks,
birdiegirl
Dear Birdiegirl,
We always welcome new readers. Though we often have difficulty identifying dragonflies to the species level, we are confident that this is a Common Green Darner, Anax junius, as evidenced by images on BugGuide.
Correction: Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 2:26 AM
Good morning,
If I may add a correction, this is a Comet darner (Anax longipes), a rather young male, with the orange abdomen, green thorax and forhead without the round spot, called bull’s eye, that the Green darner have.
I hope this helps,
Renaud, Switzerland
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Good morning,
If I may add a correction, this is a Comet darner (Anax longipes), a rather young male, with the orange abdomen, green thorax and forhead without the round spot, called bull’s eye, that the Green darner have.
I hope this helps,
Posted 21 Feb 2009 at 5:26 am ¶Renaud, Switzerland
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