Aeshna verticalis

Green-striped Darner
Ottawa, Ontario
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Aeshna
Species: A. verticalis
Binomial name
Aeshna verticalis
Hagen, 1861

The Green-striped Darner (Aeshna verticalis) is a species of dragonfly in family Aeshnidae. Found in northeastern United States and southern Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick.[1]

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Description

Length 7.6cm (3 in). Similar to A. canadensis but lateral thoracic stripes are all green. Obtusely notched with wide dorsal posterior extension. Some markings may be green in female.[1]

Similar species

References

  1. ^ a b Dunkle, S.W., Dragonflies through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America. New York:Oxford University Press, 2000.

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