Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Ditchbanks Dead Fish Lake Fond du Lac State Forest Carlton Co MN IMG_8303

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Ditchbanks Dead Fish Lake Fond du Lac State Forest Carlton Co MN IMG_8298

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Ditchbanks Dead Fish Lake Fond du Lac State Forest Carlton Co MN IMG_8294

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darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Ditchbanks Dead Fish Lake Fond du Lac State Forest Carlton Co MN IMG_8252

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Ditchbanks Dead Fish Lake Fond du Lac State Forest Carlton Co MN IMG_8243

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Ditchbanks Dead Fish Lake Fond du Lac State Forest Carlton Co MN IMG_8231

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Ditchbanks Dead Fish Lake Fond du Lac State Forest Carlton Co MN IMG_8227

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Ditchbanks Dead Fish Lake Fond du Lac State Forest Carlton Co MN IMG_8225

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Lima Grade Superior National Forest Cook Co MN IMG_4538

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Lima Grade Superior National Forest Cook Co MN IMG_7716

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darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Lima Grade Superior National Forest Cook Co MN IMG_7698

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darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Lima Grade Superior National Forest Cook Co MN IMG_7681

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Stone Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9172

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Stone Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9165

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Stone Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9147

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darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Stone Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9134

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Stone Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9128

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Stone Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9126

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Stone Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9123

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Stone Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9114

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Stone Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9108

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Stone Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9102

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Stone Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9092

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Stone Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9088

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa male Stone Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_9083

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_5505

darner Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa Bog BioBlitz II Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_5505

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Shady places are not the first place one thinks to look for dragonflies, but the Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)—as its name implies—hunts in shaded places, sometimes right until dusk [August 21; Skogstjarna, Wrenshall, Carlton County, Minnesota]

Shady places are not the first place one thinks to look for dragonflies, but the Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)—as its name implies—hunts in shaded places, sometimes right until dusk [August 21; Skogstjarna, Wrenshall, Carlton County, Minnesota]

Shady places are not the first place one thinks to look for dragonflies, but the Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)—as its name implies—hunts in shaded places, sometimes right until dusk [August 21; Skogstjarna, Wrenshall, Carlton County, Minnesota]