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Shadow Darner

Aeshna umbrosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 163, February 167, March 264, April 517, May 993, June 465, July 350, August 580, September 583, October 273, November 170, December 152.
United States13,758
Canada4,652
Ontario2,196
New York2,113
Michigan1,316
Ohio1,145
Oregon940
British Columbia869
Quebec754
Washington641

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderDragonflies and Damselflies · Odonata
FamilyDarners · Aeshnidae
GenusHawkers and Typical Darners · Aeshna

Sources

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