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Paddletail Darner

Aeshna palmata

Description:

Big dragonfly, short wings. Flew into the branches of the huckleberry, hung tail down and and pretended not to see us. Thorax striped yellow and abdomen striped blue

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1 Comment

andrecoppe
andrecoppe 9 years ago

Hi Karen,
Beautiful insect this one!
Look this spot to help with the identification: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/440...

KarenSaxton
Spotted by
KarenSaxton

Oregon, USA

Spotted on Aug 21, 2014
Submitted on Aug 21, 2014

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