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originally identified as Aeshna umbrosa
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"Large dragonfly in the middle of a dried wetland area. First noticed noise of it buzzing in the grass thicket, finally emerged, checked me out and landed nearby. It then proceeded to lay eggs in dried mud around my feet. Interesting to see the ""cerci"" at the tip of the body. In males, these cerci are the claspers that grab onto the female's head during copulation. If it was in fact laying eggs, then a dragonfly female's cerci seem analogous to a male mammal's nipples--fairly useless."
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"Large dragonfly in the middle of a dried wetland area. First noticed noise of it buzzing in the grass thicket, finally emerged, checked me out and landed nearby. It then proceeded to lay eggs in dried mud around my feet. Interesting to see the ""cerci"" at the tip of the body. In males, these cerci are the claspers that grab onto the female's head during copulation. If it was in fact laying eggs, then a dragonfly female's cerci seem analogous to a male mammal's nipples--fairly useless."
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"Large dragonfly in the middle of a dried wetland area. First noticed noise of it buzzing in the grass thicket, finally emerged, checked me out and landed nearby. It then proceeded to lay eggs in dried mud around my feet. Interesting to see the ""cerci"" at the tip of the body. In males, these cerci are the claspers that grab onto the female's head during copulation. If it was in fact laying eggs, then a dragonfly female's cerci seem analogous to a male mammal's nipples--fairly useless."
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"Large dragonfly in the middle of a dried wetland area. First noticed noise of it buzzing in the grass thicket, finally emerged, checked me out and landed nearby. It then proceeded to lay eggs in dried mud around my feet. Interesting to see the ""cerci"" at the tip of the body. In males, these cerci are the claspers that grab onto the female's head during copulation. If it was in fact laying eggs, then a dragonfly female's cerci seem analogous to a male mammal's nipples--fairly useless."
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Very curious large dragonfly, checking me out.
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Very curious large dragonfly, checking me out.
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Very curious large dragonfly, checking me out.
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The is the largest dragonfly I have seen. He was stranded in our garage on the ceiling, so I took a broom and put it next to him and eventually he moved over to it, I was able to take him out to my pond. I love the colors, these are not what my other dragonflies look like - he was one of a kind. There is also a Regal Darner with the same colors, more green than brown - this could be either.
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originally identified as Aeshna umbrosa
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A Swamp Darner at a dried up vernal pool in Kettle Pond NWR.
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Wow - didn't expect to find one of these on my garage floor this evening. Sadly, the poor thing was dead when I found it. Much easier to photograph that way though.
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Wow - didn't expect to find one of these on my garage floor this evening. Sadly, the poor thing was dead when I found it. Much easier to photograph that way though.
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Wow - didn't expect to find one of these on my garage floor this evening. Sadly, the poor thing was dead when I found it. Much easier to photograph that way though.
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This is a very large dragonfly. She appeared to be laying eggs. She put her tail down into the leaf litter, remained for several seconds then moved on and repeated the process. It rained heavily the day before so the ground was no doubt wet. She was doing this only about 20 feet from a pond.
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My first swamp darner. Dang! These things are huge!
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Walking past the Beaver Pond on the Cottonwood Trail saw this female Swamp Darner perch about six feet up on a small tree.