Swamp Darner (Epiaeshna heros)

Common statewide in NC, this large dragonfly is often seen overhead at forest edges and along wide forested roads.
Swamp Darner (Epiaeshna heros) Swamp Darner (Epiaeshna heros)
Brunswick Co., NC
13 Aug 2006

Note bright blue eyes and brown thorax with green stripes.

Swamp Darner (Epiaeshna heros) Swamp Darner (Epiaeshna heros)
Brunswick Co., NC
13 Aug 2006
Swamp Darner (Epiaeshna heros) Swamp Darner (Epiaeshna heros)
Brunswick Co., NC
13 Aug 2006
Swamp Darner (Epiaeshna heros)
Trapped and released from a screen porch in Alamance Co., NC
30 June 2019
Swamp Darner (Epiaeshna heros)
Trapped and released from a screen porch in Alamance Co., NC
30 June 2019
Swamp Darner (Epiaeshna heros)
Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
3 May 2020

highly cropped and lightened

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