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Blue-eyed Darner

Rhionaeschna multicolor

Photo by EmilyMarino
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Field Notes

Notes:

This unfortunate fellow hit my windshield this morning while I was driving to work.

Species ID Suggestions

Blue-eyed Darner

Rhionaeschna multicolor

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BugEric
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hawker dragonflies/ mosaic darners

Aeshna

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ceejayalyssa
1

Comments (8)
Jellis
If you are still unsure there is a Colorado Facebook group for Odonata
EmilyMarino
Thanks all! I will go ahead and update the spotting!
Jellis
I agree it's a Blue-eyed Darner
EmilyMarino
Eric, I still have this dragonfly. He unfortunately died shortly after these photos were taken. Would pictures of the dried remains help with ID at all?
BugEric
Hard to be absolutely positive without a close-up of the male's claspers (tail-like appendages at tip of abdomen), but this is by far the most common "darner" dragonfly along the Front Range.
EmilyMarino
Christy! I meant to show you this spotting last week. I agree, it looks like the same specie of dragon fly! ceejayalyssa suggestion above is very close!
ChristyHolland
That looks exactly like the one I saw hovering at Belmar park!! It's beautiful...Bummer! ;-(
sjlehmann
It looks like it might be a species of Mosaic Darner. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeshna

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