About Blue-eyed Darner

Blue-eyed Darner

           Rhionaeschna multicolor

              other names

   Status:
              Common

             blue darner, Aeschna multicolor

Native Status: 
                Common

Size: 
     Large

Length:
          - 60-74 mm (2.5-3")

Wing span:
                 - 86-100 mm

Eye color: 
              - males: powder blue; females: greenish brown

Face color:
            - male: powder blue with brown line across face, female: facial line light brown

Thorax color:
               - male: broad uniform blue stripes on black

Abdomen color:
                - male: mosaic of black, brown and light blue; female: brown, black and green

Stigma color:
               - male: dark gray; female: coffee

Appendages:
                   - forked

Markings:
               - spots on segment 10 palest; female: bump under first segment

Habitat:
           - lakes, ponds, slow streams, canals

Behavior:
              - patrols wet grasslands and ponds

Flight period:
                    - March through December

RANGE:

              - British Columbia to Baja California all west of Rockies, east to Illinois in narrowing band, also occurs throughout Mexico and Central America.

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