Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies

Fawn Darner

Boyeria vinosa

Say, 1839

The Fawn Darner is a small eastern species which is overall brown with large yellow spots on the thorax and rows of smaller yellow spots on the abdomen. The eyes are green and the wings have brown spots close to the body. The female looks similar to the male. They are most active in the late afternoon and evening and prefer shade. Their flight is jerky and erratic, and they often fly only a few inches above the surface of the water and explore around log tangles in streams.

Rare. The few Nebraska records of this eastern species are western outliers from the core range - western Iowa east to the Atlantic, north to Canada and south to Texas. It is rare in Nebraska and has been found in Cherry County at Valentine on a tributary of the Minnechaduza Creek at the City Park and in Keya Paha County on streams running into the NiobraraRiver near the Norden Bridge.

Green indicates accepted county record (specimen or photograph).
Yellow indicates sight record only.