Class: Hexapoda (animals with six legs - includes all insects)
Order: Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
odon = tooth (Greek)
Suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies)
Family: Aeshnidae (darners)
Species: Rhionaeschna multicolor formerly Aeshna multicolor
Common Name: Blue-eyed Darner
Date: 2001 June 04
Place: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Smith Spring
mating pair (wheel formation) on tree
2003 August 9 at Manzanita Spring
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