DARNERS...Family AESHNIDAE

Some of these dragonflies were caught, photographed, and released, to better show identifying details of face etc. Many of them are rarely observed perching, and flight identification is challenging. Click on the thumbnails below:

Maryland Mosaic Darners ID Page

......Aeshna canadensis, Canada Darner  Thousand Acre Heath, Penobscot CO Maine

....Aeshna clepsydra, Mottled Darner Acadia, Maine
....male Aeshna eremita, Lake Darner  Hancock Co ME. Dark individual. Some have paler blue stripes.
female Aeshna eremita, Lake Darner  Bailey Meadow CO
....Aeshna interrupta, Variable Darner Complete thoracic stripes-Colorado, broken thoracic stripes-Maine
....Aeshna juncea, Sedge Darner  male and female, Bailey Meadow CO
Aeshna multicolor, Blue-eyed Darner  Colorado Compare with Spatterdock Darner below

.. Aeshna mutata, Spatterdock Darner at Mt Nebo MD

Aeshna mutata, Spatterdock Darner  young males and habitat
....Aeshna palmata, Paddle-tailed Darner  Colorado
Turquoise-tipped Darner, Aeshna psilus,  male and female, TX

Aeshna tuberculifera, Black-tipped Darner  Highland Co VA

Aeshna tuberculifera,  Black-tipped Darner Acadia ME

..Aeshna sitchensis, Zigzag Darner female, Acadia ME

Aeshna sitchensis, Zigzag Darner  male,  Acadia ME

Aeshna verticalis, Green-striped Darner flight and habitat, Montgomery Co MD

Anax junius, Green Darner 

....   Anax longipes, Comet Darner
Basiaeschna janta, Springtime Darner

.. Boyeria grafiana, Ocellated Darner  in Garrett Co MD, and comparison with B. vinosa

Nasiaeschna pentacantha, Cyrano Darner  In Flight, Potomac River MD
Gomphaeschna antilope, Taper-tailed Darner  Wicomico Co MD
Gomphaeschna furcillata, Harlequin Darner  Worcester Co MD

Photos and video grabs by Dave Czaplak

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