Does the side of the thorax have 2 thin stripes or rows of spots which change from green on the bottom to blue at the top?	Does the side of the thorax have 2 stripes that change from green to blue, but the blue portion is irregularly shaped?
Variable Darner Aeshna interrupta	Lance-tipped Darner Aeshna constricta

Written by Mark Lung and Stefan Sommer, 2000
Photos by Dennis Paulson, 2001.