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Blue-eyed darner

Rhionaeshna multicolor

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Description:

There were lots of these large, bright blue dragonflies mating and flying around a pond in SW Colorado. All the others were too fast for me.

Species ID Suggestions

Blue-Eyed Darner

Rhionaeshna multicolor

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Aarongunnar
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Comments (12)
textless
Thanks Daniele and Ashley. :)
HemaShah
Amazing pic and amazing colors!!
textless
Thanks for the kind words. I've rarely caught a dragonfly in flight, so I was excited about it.
Leanezes
Such a great shot! These are so hard to capture. Details are amazing.
textless
Thanks for the ID, Aarongunnar!
Ashish
http://n8ur-nut.blogspot.com/2010/08/blue-darner-dragonfly.html

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PublishedSeptember 23, 2011

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