{"id":103883,"date":"2022-07-05T04:43:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T10:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=103883"},"modified":"2022-07-05T04:46:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T10:46:12","slug":"california-darner-dragonfly-in-the-wasatch-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/07\/05\/california-darner-dragonfly-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"California Darner Dragonfly In The Wasatch Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CaliforniaCalifornia Darner dragonfly resting on honeysuckle \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 400, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

On the 26th of June I had a darner dragonfly land on a honeysuckle in front of me, that dragonfly was a California Darner. I wrote a post about the dragonfly on the 29th of June where I misidentified it as a Blue-eyed Darner<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I shared the image above on iNaturalist soon after I came home from the mountains. Yesterday I noticed that two people had correctly identified the dragonfly I photographed as a California Darner. Blue-eyed<\/span><\/a> and California Darners<\/span><\/a> do look similar. Blue-eyed Darners are far more common in Utah whereas California Darners are not.<\/p>\n

Both darner species have blue eyes and black and turquoise blue markings on their abdomens but there are differences which I didn’t notice until after I had posted this darner and was corrected on iNaturalist. This post is about sharing the correct identification of this stunning dragonfly.<\/p>\n

I learn something new everyday!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my insect and spider images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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