Among its fascinating attributes, the Common Green Darner has compound eyes containing more than 30,000 simple eyes. There have been swarms of dragonflies along the Lake Michigan shoreline in recent ...

Oct. 14—I've been wanting to feature this week's creature for years, but the need for further study always caused delays. And while there is still much to learn about this fascinating species, the ...

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A common green darner appeared like magic along the side of a street in my neighborhood. The dragonfly gets its name from its green thorax, the part of the insect’s body that's attached to the wings.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The common green darner takes flight during migration periods. And yet, North America may have up to 18 migratory dragonfly ...

Swarms of the Common Green Darner dragonfly will be visible near Chicago through the end of the month. Chicago is the latest pit stop on the voyage of dragonflies — part of their multigenerational, ...

That s when I first noticed that common green darners have a bulls-eye pattern on their forehead, and their wings appear to have an amber tinge to their leading edge. After taking a moment to enjoy ...

Emerald green with slashes of blue, the green darner dragonfly is among the biggest and fastest of the dragonfly species in North America. You’ve probably seen them darting around bodies of water in ...

At first glance this photo might appear to be just an unfortunate monarch butterfly lying dead in the grass. A closer observation shows something going on that might make you unhappy. A green ...