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Common Green Darner
Anax junius
31.1089, -97.497
Field Notes
Description:
Green head and thorax
• Abdomen is yellow and brown on females; long, slender and
bluish on males
• Large compound eyes
• Strong jaws
• Spiny legs
• Wings clear with yellowish tint toward tips and strongly
veined with net-like pattern.
Habitat:
Late in the day, I spotted this dragonfly hanging from an elbow bush above the path in the wooded section of a wildlife habitat yard just above Belton Lake.
Notes:
Common green darners are one of the few dragonflies that migrate in the spring and fall. Scientists believe that they migrate with seasonal warm fronts.
Reference Links:
Green Darner
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 7, 2013
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