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27-05-2011, 04:07 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Near the Brownwich and Chilling cliffs
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| | | ID pls for newly emerged dragonfly
Having spent half the day hooked on this emerging, it hadn't really acquired any particular colouring before it took off during my tea break, so now I'm not sure what it was - please?!    |
27-05-2011, 05:37 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London/ Essex/ Herts border.
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| | | Re: ID pls for newly emerged dragonfly
Male Emperor. |
27-05-2011, 05:58 PM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Near the Brownwich and Chilling cliffs
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| | | Re: ID pls for newly emerged dragonfly
Thanks Roy! It was so plain compared with the female Emperor last week I didn't think it was. (But perhaps she'd had longer to acquire some colour?) Anyway, thanks again! |
27-05-2011, 06:42 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London/ Essex/ Herts border.
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| | | Re: ID pls for newly emerged dragonfly
Colours don't all tend to develop properly until several hours after emergence. Patterns also take a while to come through properly as well. For a good example take a look at this thread: Newly Emerged Damsel ID
Features that help identify yours include the plain green thorax sides, the yellow costa (leading edge of the wing), and the very large size (compare the size of the exuvia - the shed larval skin - with the damselfly exuvia seen in the first photo). |
28-05-2011, 07:05 AM
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| | | Re: ID pls for newly emerged dragonfly
Many thanks, Roy, for the link (which, apart from anything else, has made me make a mental note to leave standing this year's faded growths), and also for the additional info on ID tips for male Emperors. Much appreciated! ATB, Rhona | | |
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