Dragonfly, anyone know what species ?

[Leo Schordje]

Anyone know what species of dragonfly this is? An image from my walks posted a couple days ago.

 

[biothanasis]

I have no idea, but it's beautiful and looks huge!

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Sorry Leo, don't do dragonflies!

 

[pierre63]

it looks like Brachytron pratens...

 

[Leo Schordje]

Thanks Pierre, using the genus name Brachytron I went to the web. I think the pictured dragonfly is in the genus Aeshna, or possibly Anax. I thank you for giving me a starting point.

 

[orcoholic]

I think your right Leo, but I just heard the taxonomists are going to move it into Sophronites for the rest of this year and change it again next year, and the year after that.....

 

[Leo Schordje]

:rollhappy:

 

[NYEric]

He's right, you know!

 

[cnycharles]

it looks big enough to be classified as a schomburgkia

 

[SlipperFan]

Actually, it looks like a hybrid between henryanum and tigrinum...