Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)

Today I am observing the "Blue-eyed Darner". I do not know much about this species but it definitely stands out. This species is thin, the upper body and head are a few inches wider than the lower half. I notice that the head is blue and further down on the body it is only spotted with blue. I notice the species wings are long, there seems to be two set of wings on each side of it. I notice that at the end of the long thin tail it ends with what seems to be 2 thorns, in the middle there is one short thorn and beside the middle 1 there are 2 longer thorns. I notice there are white spots along the middle of the species. I wonder what this species is, it looks like a huge mosquito but more colorful. I wonder if this species migrated from somewhere else other than Tucson. I notice there are 2 small antennas on its head. I wonder why its blue and how its going to survive in the desert. This blue-eyed Darner was observed on Apr 2, 2021 · 2:38 PM at Flowing Wells, Tucson, AZ, USA. I searched more on this species and it turns out this is a dragonfly from Aeshnidea family. This dragonfly reminds me of a butterfly because its colors. I used https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-eyed_darner to find out what kind of species it is. I used Inaturalist to find the blue-eyed Darner.

Posted on April 9, 2021 02:23 AM by dshosie11 dshosie11

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