Blue Spotted Comet Darner

Anax concolor Brauer

Anax longipes Hagen, 1861, p. 118.—Calvert, 1905, p. 176.— Needham & Westfall, 1955, p. 272.

Anax concolor Brauer, 1865, p. 508.—Geijskes, 1968, p. 73.

Anax longipes concolor Brauer.—Martin, 1908, p. 13.—Paulson, 1966, p. 100.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.—Dominica: Freshwater Lake, 5 June 1964, 5 (TD),4 (OF), 25 Oct. 1964, 1 (PS), 28 May–2 June 1965 (DG), 9 June 1965, 2 (DD).

This species, recorded only recently from the Lesser Antilles (Dominica and Guadeloupe), is well known from the Bahamas and in tropical South America. It is a large, conspicuous dragonfly at Freshwater Lake, and males may be seen patrolling the lake margins almost constantly, except during rain showers. Cast skins can be found clinging to floating vegetation on the lake.

Anax concolor, the blue-spotted comet, is a species of darner in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae. It is found in Central America and South America.

The IUCN conservation status of Anax concolor is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.