A possible Lance-tipped Darner Dragonfly

This photo was taken on 27 July 2013, when a group of us were walking along a gravel road leading to the Perrenoud Wildlife Habitat Area. Not sure of the ID, but this is the one that was suggested by our Naturalist.

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LeapFrog

Hard to tell from this Anne ... what highlights this Dragonfly is the yellow fore-margin on the front of its wings ... I wonder if this is a Female Common Hawker Dragonfly(??) ... I am not positive if this species even exists in Alberta ... here is a photo of a Female:

www.dragonfly-images.co.uk/communities/2/004/006/874/072/images/4558060354_525x351.jpg

and a Female with the yellow margins:

www.dorsetdragonflies.org.uk/resources/Common_Hawker/commhawk_f2.jpg

I do know you have had a sighting of a Maigrant Hawker Dragonfly in early August 2011 adjacent to a water front park in Calgary, Alberta.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Migranthawkerclose.jpg

This is the closest Female Lance-tipped Darner Dragonfly I could find.

www.njodes.com/Speciesaccts/darners/images/darn-lanc-fda.jpg

Somewhere in or around these species is the correct ID ... LOL

Outstanding macro of this one ... terrific details too!!

11 years ago.

Anne Elliott ^club has replied to LeapFrog

Grrr ... the reply didn't save. Thanks so much, Art, for all the time and effort you put into trying to find an ID for this Dragonfly - so much appreciated, as always! They are not easy things to ID, are they? Thanks for adding all the links here.

11 years ago.

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Perrenoud Wildlife Habitat Area Perrenoud Wildlife Habitat Area

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A possible Lance-tipped Darner Dragonfly

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