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Shadow Darner

Aeshna umbrosa

Description:

This female's base is brownish black in colour. Greenish crescent-shaped spots are at the top of the thorax. The sides of the thorax are marked with two yellowish to yellowish green diagonal stripes. Its abdomen is marked with bluish green spots.

Habitat:

Sunning on a tree at the edges of a high grass field.

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Greg Shchepanek
Spotted by
Greg Shchepanek

Nova Scotia, Canada

Spotted on Sep 18, 2012
Submitted on Sep 28, 2012

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