Variable Darner, Mating Wheel -   Aeshnidae   Aeshna   interrupta
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Possibly Variable Darner







Photo Details
August 28, 2005- Silver Lake, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County,  Utah
©Nicky Davis

Characteristics
Length: 2.4 to 2.83 inches, Wingspan: 3.5 to 4 inches -  overall dark with blue spots - side stripes are very narrow  or interrupted on the sides of the thorax - Stripes on the top of  the thorax  are also very narrow or missing - face is greenish yellow with a black line, eyes blue -  Appendage lacks spine - 2 cells in the hindwing anal triangle

Pronunciation
eesh-nid-dee  eesh-na

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