Lancetipped Darner Dragonfly Similar To Paddletail Stock Photo

Lance-tipped Darners inhabit open, shallow marshy ponds larger open lakes, bogs, and slow streams. The Lance-tipped Darner is a widespread dragonfly with paddle or wedge type claspers. The first side stripes are bent in the middle and are greenish yellow on top and blue below. It is very similar to the Paddle-tailed Darner, but the Lance-tipped lacks a facial cross line. FingerLakes NYS Ithaca