Stopping at a favorite pond where I've found multiples of the species in past years, I found no adults and then spied an exuvia on a cattail. With my net, I was able to coax it off the vegetation. When in the hand it became apparent that this wasn't A. junius, but A. longipes. A nice find for the day!
Three weeks later, on June 16th, I visited the same pond and found an adult Comet Darner (A. longipes) patrolling the edge.
Could this be an individual that emerged from the same pond? I released it to make more darners for the future, but I kept the exuvia as evidence of successful breeding in Michigan.
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