Springtime Darner
Basiaeschna janata (Say, 1939)
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Springtime Darner (Basiaeschna janata) is a widespread early-season dragonfly with a striped thorax and spots on the abdomen, resembling a small version of the later-flying mosaic darners (genus Aeshna). Springtime Darner shows dark basal spots on its wings, which mosaic darners lack, and it is active primarily earlier in the year. This darner is usually found breeding at flowing water, like creeks and rivers, but can occasionally be found at some ponds or lakes (Paulson, 2011). It is widespread and common in Maryland (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).

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Springtime darner
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Basiaeschna
Sélys, 1883
Species:
B. janata
Binomial name
Basiaeschna janata
(Say, 1840)

Basiaeschna janata, the springtime darner,[1] is a species of dragonfly in the monotypic genus Basiaeshna in the family Aeshnidae.[2] It is a small, bluish darner that flies early in the year.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Giff Beaton (2007). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2795-2.
  2. ^ Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom & Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.


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