Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)

An omnipresent and widely ranging transpalaearctic species

A female resting shortly while ovipositing

Lake Ikar 8 km from Esso village, in ancient crater, mesotrophic, with peat moss quacking mires with Betula divaricata, Spiraea salicifolia, Comarum palustre, surrounded by Pinus pumila and larch taiga, the Sredinnyi Mountain Range, Kamchatka, Russia, 55ø52'16'' N, 158ø40'09'' E, 550 m., 19th July 2003.

O. Kosterin

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