Blue-eyed Darner
Aeshidae Rhionaeshna multicolor
Male

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lateral


male

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Wing close-up
34

Appendages
28
13
14


draper 


Photo Details - ŠNicky Davis
Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah (with permission from the park manager)
August 07, 2006
1.  Full lateral view
2.  Full dorsal view
3.  Face
4.  Photo showing brown line across the the face
5.  Dorsal view of head and thorax
6.  Lateral view of head and thorax
7.  Photos of wings showing e cells in hindwing anal triangle and 4 cells in forewing triangle
8., 9., 10.  Three angles showing the appendages
11.  Young Male , September 11, 2005, at my home, Draper City, Salt Lake County, Utah

Characteristics
  • 2 1/3 to 3 inches long with a 3 1/2 to 3 3/4 inch wingspan
  • Brown line across face (see second face photo)
  • Blue eyes and face
  • Two blue stripes on sides of thorax and on top
  • Abdomen is blue to greenish, black and brownish
  • 3 cells in hindwing anal triangle
  • 4 cells in forewing triangle
  • segment ten has two widely separated pale blue spots.
  • appendages forked

Pronunciation
eesh-nid-dee  eesh-na 


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