1.  darning needle(n = noun.artifact) embroidery needle - a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread;
is a kind of sewing needle

2.  darning needle(n = noun.animal) devil's darning needle, dragonfly, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder - slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.;
is a kind of odonate

adam's needle, cleopatra's needle, crochet needle, darning, devil's darning needle, embroidery needle, hypodermic needle, ice needle, knitting needle, magnetic needle, needle, needle bearing, needle biopsy, needle blight, needle bush, needle cast, needle furze, needle palm, needle rush, needle spike rush, needle wood, packing needle, phonograph needle, sea needle, sewing needle, upholstery needle