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19-07-2008, 10:10 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: West Lancs
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| | | Dragonfly ID please
I put Hawker but that's as much as i know,have been on the various sites but unless you actually know what it is you have to trawl through every picture 
i guess i'm just lazy,but i know someone on here who can tell me without even looking   |
20-07-2008, 05:08 AM
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I'm afraid you're wrong- it's not even a hawker! It's a Common Darter. |
20-07-2008, 07:12 AM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NWLondon
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I agree with common darter.
The yellow (not orange-red) colouration of the body suggests a female, but I'm not entirely sure because - I don't know what an immature dragonfly would look like.
I don't think it is a ruddy darter because I can see yellow on the legs (in Sympetrum sanguineum they are black).
Last edited by djackso; 20-07-2008 at 07:24 AM.
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20-07-2008, 08:51 AM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Shropshire
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Can I tag one onto this thread, please? 
Can anyone tell me what sort of dragonfly this is? Many thanks.
Kate |
20-07-2008, 09:10 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hidden in the clover
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Originally Posted by vole-woman  Can I tag one onto this thread, please?
Can anyone tell me what sort of dragonfly this is? Many thanks.
Kate | Well.... to me it looks like a female Southern Hawker, but as I'm really just starting to learn about these wonderful insects, I'd best wait until someone more knowledgeable on the odonates finds this thread Vole Woman!
TBR |
20-07-2008, 09:47 AM
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I agree with TBR, female because of the lack of a "waist". |
20-07-2008, 09:55 AM
|  | Member of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fife, Scotland
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Two lovely photos posted  I know zilch about dragonflies, so this is fast becoming a new interest. Armed with a good guide book (I have many) I can look up the photos that are posted and learn a bit more. Everbody seems so good at photography and I'm so glad they are, because people like me really appreciate seeing them
Tracey |
20-07-2008, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Tracey.A Two lovely photos posted I know zilch about dragonflies, so this is fast becoming a new interest. Armed with a good guide book (I have many) I can look up the photos that are posted and learn a bit more. Everbody seems so good at photography and I'm so glad they are, because people like me really appreciate seeing them
Tracey | Ditto - it's amazing how fast you can learn! |
20-07-2008, 10:57 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wiltshire
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yeah i love dragonflies |
20-07-2008, 12:50 PM
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Thank you! I agree, they're amazing to look at when you manage to get a good close-up view of them. |
20-07-2008, 09:14 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hindhead
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 I'm afraid you're wrong- it's not even a hawker! It's a Common Darter. | I think it's an immature male, after inspecting the anal appendages. |
21-07-2008, 05:41 AM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NWLondon
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Interesting, Leif, care to elaborate? | | |
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