Green-striped Darner (Aeshna verticalis)

One of the things I love of this picture is how it looks like the dragonfly is actually using its first right paw to attempt to hide its smile!

comments (8)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Great detail indeed :) Posted 10 years ago

morpheme

Lion

hmmm - That most certainly does look like a blue eyed darner, but it shouldn't occur so far east. Is the geotag perhaps your home rather than the place the photo was taken? Posted 10 years ago
1. travismorhardt
  
  Lion
  
  It does seem rather far east. Bug Guide does not have any records of it as far east as Quebec. If this photo was indeed photographed where the geotag is, the known range for this species may be extended. Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. J M Belanzaran
    
    Mountain Gorilla
    
    The picture was indeed taken exactly where geotag shows. The only thing that went wrong is that I chose the wrong dragonfly. Sorry about the confusion that I intend to repair. Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
3. J M Belanzaran
  
  Mountain Gorilla
  
  The picture was indeed taken exactly where geotag shows. The only thing that went wrong is that I chose the wrong dragonfly. Sorry about the confusion that I intend to repair. Posted 10 years ago
4. 1. travismorhardt
    
    Lion
    
    No worries, Jean-Michel! Aeshna Canadensis makes more sense. I have set things straight for you. Posted 10 years ago
  2. 1. J M Belanzaran
      
      Mountain Gorilla
      
      Thanks for your help! Posted 10 years ago
    2. 1. J M Belanzaran
        
        Mountain Gorilla
        
        Sorry about the delay, but you were correct, this dragonfly was the wrong one. Posted 10 years ago

The Green-striped darner

''Aeshna verticalis'', the green-striped darner, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. Found in northeastern United States and southern Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies

Species identified by J M Belanzaran