Green darner

Anax junius · Aeshnidae

The green darner or common green darner, after its resemblance to a darning needle, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. One of the most common and abundant species throughout North America, it also ranges south to Panama. It is well known for its great migration distance from the northern United States south into Texas and Mexico.

Where the Green darner lives

Recorded in United States of America and Canada (North America).

Most records fall in Ohio, Texas, Ontario, California, Illinois and Minnesota.

See the Green darner’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 63,067 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.