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Shadow Darner

Aeshna umbrosa

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Description:

This female's base is brownish black in colour. Greenish crescent-shaped spots are at the top of the thorax. The sides of the thorax are marked with two yellowish to yellowish green diagonal stripes. Its abdomen is marked with bluish green spots.

Habitat:

Sunning on a tree at the edges of a high grass field.

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Global Dragonflies & Damselflies
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Canada's East Coast Wildlife
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2012

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