The distinctive Comet Darner (Anax longipes) is nearly unmistakable, with a pale green thorax and, in mature males, a brilliant reddish-orange abdomen. This showy dragonfly is a strong flyer, and often takes large prey, capturing them in flight with its exceptionally long legs. Comet Darners prefer to breed in fishless ponds, including gravel pits ponds, farm ponds, and beaver meadows. This dragonfly is widespread, but generally uncommon across most of Maryland (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).
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