Black-tipped Darner Aeshna tuberculifera Walker, 1908S2 (State rare)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Odonata   >   Family Aeshnidae   >   Genus Aeshna   

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Black-tipped Darner (Aeshna tuberculifera) breeds in lakes or ponds with emergent vegetation, like cattails or sweetflag, and may be common in some localities. In Maryland, this darner is distributed primarily in the western and central parts of the state, from the mountains of Garrett Co. into the piedmont, with a well-known population in the Catoctin Mts. The species is known only historically from Prince George's Co (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).

There are 41 records in the project database.

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A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., MD (8/12/2007). Photo by Steve Collins. (MBP list)

A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/12/2007). Photo by Steve Collins. (MBP list)

A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/30/2013). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved. Photo by Kyle Klotz. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/20/2013). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Jason E. Avery, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jason Avery. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/20/2013). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner in Allegany Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Brady O'Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by brady_obrien via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A newly emerged male Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/5/2015). His cast skin is to his left. Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

A Black-tipped Darner ovipositing in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/23/2015). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Robert Ostrowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Robert Ostrowski via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner stigmas - Frederick Co., Maryland (7/30/2013). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/30/2013). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved. Photo by Kyle Klotz. (MBP list)


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