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Note in particular the extensive median orangish markings on the abdominal segments that help separate this species from the lookalike Harlequin Darner.
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Note in particular the extensive median orangish markings on the abdominal segments that help separate this species from the lookalike Harlequin Darner.
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Found this big fat beautiful dragonfly resting midmorning on the outside of my porch screen. Suburban neighborhood, 1/4 mi from the Raritan Estuary, 1/2 mi from the nearest pond, no wooded swamps anywhere in sight. IDed via wing venation by Ben Coulter on BugGuide. Harlequin Darner is more common in NJ; Taper-tailed is rare but present. Both are known from Middlesex County. Life family, as well as species. 1st shot was taken with fill flash; lateral view was taken in natural light. I then managed to coax her onto my finger. Unfortunately, I shadowed the bug with the camera in the only in-focus shot I got. And once carried out into the sun she soon took off. But at least that shot shows the wing venation.
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Found this big fat beautiful dragonfly resting midmorning on the outside of my porch screen. Suburban neighborhood, 1/4 mi from the Raritan Estuary, 1/2 mi from the nearest pond, no wooded swamps anywhere in sight. IDed via wing venation by Ben Coulter on BugGuide. Harlequin Darner is more common in NJ; Taper-tailed is rare but present. Both are known from Middlesex County. Life family, as well as species. 1st shot was taken with fill flash; lateral view was taken in natural light. I then managed to coax her onto my finger. Unfortunately, I shadowed the bug with the camera in the only in-focus shot I got. And once carried out into the sun she soon took off. But at least that shot shows the wing venation.
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Found this big fat beautiful dragonfly resting midmorning on the outside of my porch screen. Suburban neighborhood, 1/4 mi from the Raritan Estuary, 1/2 mi from the nearest pond, no wooded swamps anywhere in sight. IDed via wing venation by Ben Coulter on BugGuide. Harlequin Darner is more common in NJ; Taper-tailed is rare but present. Both are known from Middlesex County. Life family, as well as species. 1st shot was taken with fill flash; lateral view was taken in natural light. I then managed to coax her onto my finger. Unfortunately, I shadowed the bug with the camera in the only in-focus shot I got. And once carried out into the sun she soon took off. But at least that shot shows the wing venation.
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Okeefenokee Swamp
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Okeefenokee Swamp
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Okeefenokee Swamp
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Clamp-tipped Emerald, Immature female. Somachlotora tenebrosa