Shadow Darner

Description:

Mosaic darner. Dark darner with narrow, straight lateral thoracic stripes, some with posterior 'flags' at upper end: frontal stripes usually narrow but present. Abdominal spots small, also pale spots under abdomen. Brown, blue, greenish-yellow I think this is a male, but I'm not sure.

Habitat:

Lakes, ponds, marshes, slow streams. More common on streams than other mosaic darners

Notes:

I spotted this large dragonfly scoping out my koi pond. He wouldn't land, so the only shots I got were of him in flight. I think it's a male, but I'm not sure.