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Blue-eyed darner

Rhionaeshna multicolor

Description:

There were lots of these large, bright blue dragonflies mating and flying around a pond in SW Colorado. All the others were too fast for me.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Aarongunnar
Aarongunnar 12 years ago
Blue-Eyed Darner
Rhionaeshna multicolor Blue-eyed Darner


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12 Comments

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textless 12 years ago

Thanks Daniele and Ashley. :)

AshleyBradford
AshleyBradford 12 years ago

Wow, awesome hover shot!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Great catch in flight!

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textless 12 years ago

Thanks! :)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Amazing pic and amazing colors!!

textless
textless 12 years ago

Thanks for the kind words. I've rarely caught a dragonfly in flight, so I was excited about it.

ShraddhaGaikwad
ShraddhaGaikwad 12 years ago

Such a great shot! These are so hard to capture. Details are amazing.

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textless 12 years ago

Thanks for the ID, Aarongunnar!

Norman Celis
Norman Celis 12 years ago

very nice in-flight shot...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Darner type..

misako
misako 12 years ago

Cool photo!

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Dolores, Colorado, USA

Spotted on Sep 3, 2011
Submitted on Sep 23, 2011

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