Black-tipped Darner, Aeshna tuberculifera, female, cutting slits in Pickerel Weed stems with ovipositer to insert eggs into the slits. Curly protuberances on the stems are where slits were cut and eggs deposited.
Black-tipped Darner, Aeshna tuberculifera, female, cutting slits in Pickerel Weed stems with ovipositer to insert eggs into the slits. Curly protuberances on the stems are where slits were cut and eggs deposited.