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Dragonfly- Common Green Darners, Minnesota, Fridley, Springbrook Nature Center

Ovipositing pair of Common Green Darners. The male (farward) is holding the female as she lay her eggs- the process called ovipositing. Oviparous insects are insects that lay eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother.

 

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Uploaded on October 11, 2016
Taken on July 28, 2016