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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Insects, Springtails, Millipedes - Mandibulata
    - Class - Insects - Insecta
      - Order - Dragonflies / Damselflies - Odonata
        
        Family - Darner Dragonflies - Aeshnidae
        
        Species - Shadow Darner - Aeshna umbrosa occidentalis

Shadow Darner - Aeshna umbrosa occidentalis

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5T5
State Rank: S4S5

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Food Habits

Larvae feed on a wide variety of aquatic insects, such as mosquito larvae, other aquatic fly larvae, mayfly larvae, and freshwater shrimp. They will also eat very small fish and tadpoles.
Adult- The dragonfly will eat almost any soft-bodied flying insect including mosquitoes, flies, small moths, mayflies, and flying ants or termites.

References

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- Dunkle, S.W. 2000. Dragonflies through binoculars: A field guide to dragonflies of North America. New York, NY. Oxford University Press. 266 pp.
- Kohler, Nathan S. Excel spreadsheets of Odonate observations/collections in Montana.
- Paulson, D.R. 2009. Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press, Princeton. 535 pp.
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Citation for data on this website:
Shadow Darner — Aeshna umbrosa occidentalis. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on August 8, 2020, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IIODO14192