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05-08-2006, 05:12 PM
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| | | Hawker id if poss
Pretty sure this is a hawker but I'm having trouble matching the pattern on the abdomen. Any ideas would be appreciated. WW
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05-08-2006, 05:18 PM
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| | | Re: Hawker id if poss
Could be a new emerged (teneral) example.
Southern Hawker?
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05-08-2006, 05:57 PM
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| | | Re: Hawker id if poss
It's a female Migrant Hawker. Southern Hawker has conspicuous yellow markings on thorax + colour on last 2 abdominal segments goes whole way across rather than 2 spots. |
05-08-2006, 06:06 PM
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Thank you aeshna. I did ponder this myself. I think the colours confused me. There were dozens of these in sunny open woodland. ww
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05-08-2006, 06:09 PM
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| | | Re: Hawker id if poss
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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman Pretty sure this is a hawker but I'm having trouble matching the pattern on the abdomen. Any ideas would be appreciated. WW | Hi WW,
I'm still a beginner at dragonflies, but I'd suggest female Migrant Hawker. There's a photo which looks similar on the British Dragonfly Society website, "UK Species" section.
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05-08-2006, 06:42 PM
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| | | Re: Hawker id if poss
The numbers you witnessed is also a clue to the ID as most other hawkers are very territorial, Migrant Hawkers less so + occasionally there are large numbers feeding in sunny glades. | | |
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