Springtime Darner (Basiaeschna janata)

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Order: Odonata (oh-do-NAY-ta) (Info)
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Basiaeschna
Species: janata
Profile:
No positives
1 neutral
No negatives

Regional...
This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Magnolia, Texas

Member Notes:

Rating Author Comment

Neutral catbird8 On May 21, 2008, catbird8 from Houston, TX wrote:
The Springtime Darner is well named, being that it emerges very early in the spring. It is a large, brown, streamside, or pondside dragonfly, about 2-1/2" long. A distinctive field mark are two bold, slanting, white to yellow-colored stripes on the brown thorax. The females tend to lay their eggs in water plants, near the water line.

By catbird8

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