California Darner

The species in Arizona is known from a single specimen collected by C. Cook in Carr Canyon, Cochise County, on 21 June 1949 and currently deposited at the Florida State Collection of Arthropods (Odonata Central # 2968818).

Scientific Classification

Order Odonata
Suborder (Dragonfly)
Family (Darners)
Genus
Rhionaeschna
Species
californica

Identification Tips

Seasonal Changes in Occurrence

Bar graph of monthly flying records for California Darner. The top months were June, January, February.

Data (1 accepted records) from Odonata Central, August 2026.

Images

California Darner California Darner, Male, Davis, CA, 20 April 2017
California Darner California Darner, Male, Davis, CA, 20 April 2017
California Darner California Darner, Male, Davis, CA, 20 April 2017
California Darner California Darner, Male, Davis, CA, 20 April 2017