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Paddletailed Darner(fe)

Aeshna palmata

Photo by KarenSaxton
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Large dragonfly, brown with yellow stripes(male blue with yellow face and blue stripes) and a paddle like appendage on the upper side of its abdomen

Habitat:

In a forest near a slow stream

Notes:

They often perch "posed" for long periods of time

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Photographed
PublishedAugust 5, 2013

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