Giant Darner

Scientific Classification

Order Odonata
Suborder
Anisoptera
(Dragonfly)
Family
Aeshnidae
(Darners)
Genus
Anax
Species
walsinghami

Identification Tips

Giant Darner, Male, Jewel of the Creek Preserve, Cave Creek, Maricopa, AZ, 11 September 2010 Giant Darner, Male, Jewel of the Creek Preserve, Cave Creek, Maricopa, AZ, 11 September 2010

Locations Map

Seasonal Changes in Occurrence

Data (31 accepted records) from Odonata Central, August 2026.

Images

Giant Darner Giant Darner, Male, Seven Springs, Maricopa, AZ, 9 July 2022
Giant Darner Giant Darner, Male, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 8 September 2019
Giant Darner Giant Darner, Male, Hassayampa River Nature Conservancy Preserve, Maricopa, AZ, 31 August 2013
Giant Darner Giant Darner, Male, Sabino Canyon, Pima, AZ, 10 September 2016
Giant Darner Giant Darner, Male eating American Snout Butterfly, Agua Fria, Black Canyon City, Yavapai, AZ, 30 September 2018
Giant Darner Giant Darner, Male (posed), Jewel of the Creek Preserve, Cave Creek, Maricopa, AZ, 11 September 2010
Giant Darner Giant Darner, Male attempting to mate with an ovipositing female Common Green Darner, Anax junius, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 8 April 2017
Giant Darner Giant Darner, Male, Bonita Creek Dam, Graham, AZ, 1 October 2022
Giant Darner Giant Darner, Female, Agua Fria, Black Canyon City, Yavapai, AZ, 30 September 2018
Giant Darner Giant Darner, Female (posed), Jewel of the Creek Preserve, Cave Creek, Maricopa, AZ, 13 June 2009
Giant Darner Giant Darner, Ovipositing female, Seven Springs, Maricopa, AZ, 4 June 2022
Giant Darner Giant Darner, Ovipositing female, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 5 October 2019
Giant Darner Giant Darner, Female, El Palmarito, Sonora, Mexico, 14 August 2009
Giant Darner Giant Darner, Female, El Palmarito, Sonora, Mexico, 14 August 2009
Giant Darner Giant Darner, Pair in wheel, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 3 April 2017