Aeshna viridis, male
Aeshna viridis (male)
English name: Green darner
Dutch name: Groene glazenmaker
Photo taken at the Veerstalblokboezem
near Gouda (NL), August 1995

Note: Like Aeshna cyanea, this species has large, oval, antehumeral spots. But the spots on top of segment 9 and 10 are not connected with each other. The thorax of the males of this species is much greener than that of A. cyanea and the abdomen and eyes are much brighter blue.

© 2005 by Antoine van der Heijden