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27-10-2011, 08:10 AM
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27-10-2011, 08:59 AM
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| | | Re: Foreign Dragonflies
Good to see these here John.
1 male Scarlet Darter, Crocothemis erythraea- common in med + Africa, At least couple of UK records
2 Long Skimmer, Orthetrum trinacria
3 in many ways looks like our Blue Emperor, but the brown thorax is making me thinking this is a very blue Lesser Emperor, Anax parthenope
4 + 6 Red-veined Darter, Sympetrum fonscolombei- a regular migrant, temporary resident in UK, abundant in med.
5 Epaulet Skimmer, Orthetrum chrysostigma
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27-10-2011, 09:14 AM
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| | | Re: Foreign Dragonflies
4&6 are Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) - going up the west coast of France but not got here yet! (A count of the antenodal crossveins in pic 4 eliminates sympetrum species + its got all black legs)
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27-10-2011, 09:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wint  4&6 are Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) - going up the west coast of France but not got here yet! (A count of the antenodal crossveins in pic 4 eliminates sympetrum species + its got all black legs)
agree with the others. | Not a species I've seen yet.Thanks for the correction- think the blue undersides to the yes threw me there along with the reddish veins. |
27-10-2011, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 Not a species I've seen yet.Thanks for the correction- think the blue undersides to the yes threw me there along with the reddish veins. | Yes - the yellow wingbases, red veins, red/blue eyes and pale thickly-bordered pterostigmas - all present in pics 4 and 6 - are all features we look for in Red-veined Darter!
I should have added that pics 4 & 6 are of females and, as in all aspects of life, the females are more difficult 
Last edited by wint; 27-10-2011 at 12:54 PM.
Reason: spelling
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27-10-2011, 01:39 PM
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Many thanks Aeshna5 and wint for the ids and all the extra invaluable information. I am deeply indebted for your input.
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28-10-2011, 05:49 PM
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Although this has already been answered, I'll add my agreement - all as said by Aeshna, apart from the correction for 4 & 6 by Wint.
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