The Common Green Darner is one of the largest dragonflies in North America and one of the few that migrates — traveling thousands of miles each fall in swarms. Green thorax, blue abdomen on males.
Habitat
Ponds, lakes, marshes, and slow-moving streams across the continent
Diet
Flying insects of all kinds, caught aerially at high speed
How common
Common
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