The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

AESHNIDAE

Nasiaeschna pentacantha (Rambur)

Cyrano or Blue-Nosed Darner


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Distribution Citations

[1910 Muttkowski]

[1929 Needham & Heywood]

1938 Ferguson

[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1975 Bayer
1978 Donnelly
[1978 Huggins]
1979 Young & Bayer

1982 Williams
[1989 Dunkle]

 

1992 Bayer et al.
1996 Jasper
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

[2000 ACDT web]
2003 Moring
2005 Abbott
[2008 NatureServe]

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:
<this species has been vetted and accepted as a valid Texas species>

-nymphs in sheltered, forested ponds, streams and lake coves (Abbott 2005); in swampy streams, lake covers and ponds with roots and branches (Dunkle 1989)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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