Anax junius

Posted 11 July 2011 by

Photograph by Noah Young.
Anax junius -- common green darner, Boulder, Colorado.

5 Comments

Paul Burnett · 11 July 2011

That's a female - see a male at, for instance, http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismdepts/zoology/collections/odonata/roll01/Anax_junius.jpg

See both genders at, for instance, http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/images/arthropods/grn_darner_egglaying_shade_jdavis.jpg

Karen S. · 11 July 2011

The female is the one with the tiny paycheck.

Marilyn · 17 July 2011

What a well taken lovely clear picture of what for me is a very rare sighting of any kind of Dragon Fly. They are a fascinating subject. This one has lovely colours.

gaythia · 20 July 2011

On Basil?

apokryltaros · 20 July 2011

gaythia said: On Basil?
Yes, this is the Pesto subspecies of Green Darner.