Variable Darner

Taxobox
name = Variable Darner


image width = 240x
image_caption = Aeshna Interrupta
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Odonata
familia = Aeshnidae
genus = "Aeshna"
species = "A. interrupta"
binomial = "Aeshna interrupta"
binomial_authority = (Walker, 1904)

The Variable Darner ("Aeshna interrupta") is a dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae, native from Alaska through the Northwest Territories to Newfoundland, south to New Hampshire and Michigan in the eastern United States, and to the mountains of New Mexico, Arizona, and California in the west. It's named after the distinctive broken stripes on the sides of the thorax of many male specimens. It lives in many habitats from northern and mountain peatlands to cattail marshes and temporary pools. It is the characteristic species of grassland ponds.

References

* [http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/cbasin/www_dragon/aeshna_interrupta.html Living Landscapes] of the Royal British Columbia Museum

External links

* [http://www.azodes.com/dragons/darners/darn-vari.asp Variable Darner] at AzOdes
* [http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/nh_papers/aeshnareport/aeshnarep.html#interrupta Variable Darner] profile