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Common Green Darner
Stanley Jones

Common Green Darner (Anax junius)

Common Green Darner (Anax junius: Aeshnidae) These large dragonflies are 6.8 to 8.4 cm (2.68 to 3.31 in) long with a wingspan of 9.0-11.4 cm (3.54-4.49 in). The blue abdomen signifies this specimen as a male. Photographed at Pollywog Pond in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Black willow/Green ash/Buttonbush/cottonwood dominated Nueces River bottomlands surrounding sanitary sewer settling ponds at ca. 9 m (30 ft) elevation.
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Habitat
Nueces River bottomlands surrounding sanitary sewer settling ponds at ca. 9 m (30 ft) elevation
Location
Pollywog Pond in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
December 2008
Scientific name
Anax junius
Equipment used
Canon EOS 20D with a Canon EF 70-300 f/4-5.6 IS USM lens at 235 mm, ISO 200, Shutter speed 1/320, f/8.0.
KC Foggin
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Beautiful detail in those translucent wings Stanley and I see you even nabbed a butterfly/moth on the other side of this branch ;)
 

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