Female Subarctic Hawker (Aeshna subarctica)

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A female Subarctic Hawker (Aeshna subarctica), which is known in America as Subarctic Darner, is resting on a spruce branch after ovipositioning (laying eggs). Photographed in Denmark.

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Size: 3350px × 5007px
Location: Store Hjøllund Plantage Denmark Europe
Photo credit: © Lars S. Madsen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: aeshna, aeshnidae, animal, anisoptera, bog, circumboreal, darner, dragonfly, fauna, hawker, insect, invertebrate, lake, nature, northern, odonata, pond, raised, scandinavia, scandinavian, subarctic, subarctica, water, wildlife, winged