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Anax junius
Green head and thorax • Abdomen is yellow and brown on females; long, slender and bluish on males • Large compound eyes • Strong jaws • Spiny legs • Wings clear with yellowish tint toward tips and strongly veined with net-like pattern.
Late in the day, I spotted this dragonfly hanging from an elbow bush above the path in the wooded section of a wildlife habitat yard just above Belton Lake.
Common green darners are one of the few dragonflies that migrate in the spring and fall. Scientists believe that they migrate with seasonal warm fronts.
Spotted on Oct 4, 2013
Submitted on Oct 7, 2013
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