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Beauty In The Eye Of The Beholder

This guy flew into the shop one day and as it sat on the window sill looking out I grabbed my camera for a few shots before helping him find freedom of the open air again.

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travismorhardt

Lion

I'm not sure this is a black darter. This looks more like a femaile variable darner Aeshna interrupta:
http://www.insectsofalberta.com/variabledarner_2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_darner
http://bugguide.net/node/view/213659
Posted 10 years ago
1. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  I agree, here's another reference
  http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/Aesintphoto3.html Posted 10 years ago
2. Tracy Shawn
  
  Bull Frog
  
  Yes, I do believe you are correct! Thank you! :-) Posted 10 years ago

The Variable Darner

The variable darner is a dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae, native from Alaska through the Northwest Territories to Newfoundland, south to New Hampshire and Michigan in the eastern United States, and to the mountains of New Mexico, Arizona, and California in the west.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies

Species identified by WildFlower