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Mottled Darner

Aeshna clepsydra

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 15, February 15, March 24, April 48, May 92, June 43, July 34, August 90, September 48, October 25, November 16, December 14.
United States983
Canada576
Ontario384
New York268
Massachusetts199
Quebec118
Michigan114
New Jersey79
Maine70
New Hampshire59

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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