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Description:

Strange dragonfly that looks like it has an eye on the back of its head. Looks like a cyclops.

Notes:

From the research I have done it looks like a green darned Anax junius.

2 Species ID Suggestions

ChristineV
ChristineV 12 years ago
green darner
Anax junius Animal Diversity Web
MaoTengLin
MaoTengLin 12 years ago
Green Darner
Anax junius


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3 Comments

lotuspond
lotuspond 11 years ago

wow! great photograph.

ChristineV
ChristineV 11 years ago

Doesn't it look fake?

greta
greta 11 years ago

I think the dragonfly cyclops is really cool!

ChristineV
Spotted by
ChristineV

Portland, Maine, USA

Spotted on Aug 24, 2011
Submitted on Aug 24, 2011

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