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Ryan Brady | profile | all galleries >> Dragonflies 2008 >> Darners (Family Aeshnidae) >> Darner Exuviae tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Darner Exuviae

Exuviae are the empty larval shells left behind by newly-emerged teneral dragonflies. They often can be identified to species (by experts!) and those of darners are rather large at ~1-1.5" long. I'm not sure which species these exuviae belong to but they're fascinating nonetheless.
Darner exuviae
Darner exuviae
Darner exuviae
Darner exuviae
Darner exuviae
Darner exuviae