Blue-eyed Darner by Ken _Gilliland

DAZ|Studio • Animals • posted on Mar 18, 2023

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Description

Here's a peek at my next set that should be out very soon, "Dragonflies & Damselflies of the World v2". It has 4 m/f dragonflies and 4 m/f damselflies included. The Blue-eyed Darner is native to the western United States. It is commonly sighted in the sagebrush steppe of the Snake River Plain, occurring east to the Midwest from central Canada and the Dakotas south to west Texas and Oklahoma. In Central America, it occurs southward to Panama. This is usually the second earliest darner to emerge in the spring, with the California darner emerging first. It occurs near a variety of water bodies, lakes, ponds, slow-moving streams, canals and marshy areas, especially in open rather than wooded areas. When not breeding, it is more likely than most dragonflies to be seen far away from water, in city yards, parking lots and other urban locations. It is on the wing from spring to late in the year and may be migratory in California, as a large number of them seem to appear in the fall. Males patrol at about waist height over open water, along the margins of water bodies and among dense vegetation, often having a regular "beat", and occasionally pausing briefly to hover. This dragonfly has a wide distribution and is not threatened.