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28-07-2009, 09:28 AM
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| | | Dragonfly; Cordulegaster sp.?
Hi, 
During my trip in the UK I was lucky to find this Dragonfly posing for me for a short time 
Location is given with the pictures
I think I found its genus but if possible would love to find its specie name too 
Thanks in advance!
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28-07-2009, 09:33 AM
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| | | Re: Dragonfly; Cordulegaster sp.?
It looks like Cordulegaster boltonii - which I have yet to see! |
28-07-2009, 09:34 AM
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| | | Re: Dragonfly; Cordulegaster sp.?
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Originally Posted by nutmeg  It looks like Cordulegaster boltonii - which I have yet to see! | Would agree with that the Golden-ringed Dragonfly |
28-07-2009, 10:30 AM
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| | | Re: Dragonfly; Cordulegaster sp.?
That was fast!! Many thanks Nutmeg and Ollie! |
28-07-2009, 05:21 PM
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| | | Re: Dragonfly; Cordulegaster sp.?
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Originally Posted by nutmeg It looks like Cordulegaster boltonii - which I have yet to see! | Yes, the only recorded member of this genus in the UK; there are several similar species on the continent.
Saw quite a few of these in Scotland a couple of weeks back, including a pair in cop that nicely posed low on a birch + the wonderful spectacle of a female looking as though she was pogo-ing as she oviposited in a tiny hillside runnel. |
28-07-2009, 05:59 PM
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| | | Re: Dragonfly; Cordulegaster sp.?
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 Yes, the only recorded member of this genus in the UK; there are several similar species on the continent.
Saw quite a few of these in Scotland a couple of weeks back, including a pair in cop that nicely posed low on a birch + the wonderful spectacle of a female looking as though she was pogo-ing as she oviposited in a tiny hillside runnel. | Ah that explains it now! I had been wondering what that Dragonfly was doing so close to the sea with no ponds in the neighbourhood, but now I remember there were once in a while little water channels running from inside some rocks, so there must have been these hillside sweet water runnels too! |
28-07-2009, 09:06 PM
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| | | Re: Dragonfly; Cordulegaster sp.?
I think Golden Ringeds would ovi-posit on damp grass if there was nothing slightly wetter available. I've seen the larvae crawl out of the muddiest, almost dried up puddles to find some vegetation to emerge on. | | |
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