Common Green Darner
Anax junius
The above is the female. This
is the male.
"The face is pale green, with
a distinct black spot on the top of the frons ... The thorax
is green, with brown represented only lightly on the lateral
sutures. The wings are clear, the costa yellow. The abdomen is
mostly blue, with green on segment 1 in males, and greenish brown
or reddish brown throughout in females."
"Thorax bright green, with
black dorsal stripe that broadens rearward. Eyes olive green
with a bull's-eye pattern on forehead. Wings clear with yellowish
to brown stigmas" (Blair Nikula & Jackie Stokes. 2002.
Beginning Guide to Dragonflies. New York: Little Brown
and Company. P. 80)
This is BugGuide's Common Green Darner
October 16, 2009.