Wildlife Wednesday – The Swamp Darner

How cool is this?!? For today’s Wildlife Wednesday from our friends at the Ohio Division of Wildlife, we are spotlighting one of our many dragonflies in the state – the swamp darner which is laying eggs in rotten wood in the photo here.
In overall dimensions, this is our biggest dragonfly, although dragonhunters are bulkier and probably slightly heavier. They are easily recognized in the field by their massive size, conspicuously long petal-like claspers, prominent green thorax stripes and narrow green rings circling the brownish abdomen. The eyes are blue. While most will be seen in shady wooded habitats, this species has a propensity for entering buildings to rest.
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Information courtesy of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources