DRAGONFLIES

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DRAGONFLIES

Post by Jacksparrow » Mon Sep 01, 2014 8:11 pm

Today I had a visit from a female Southern Hawker who seemed to trying to lay eggs but not very expertly as most of the efforts were well out of the water.

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Post by Placido » Tue Sep 02, 2014 1:35 pm

Betcha pleased, Jacksparrow - doesn't seem to have been much d'fly action this season ?

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Post by Jacksparrow » Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:21 pm

Placido wrote:Betcha pleased, Jacksparrow - doesn't seem to have been much d'fly action this season ?
I've seen quite few zooming around over the garden gut it was the first to actually touch down :dragonfly: :)

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Post by Jacksparrow » Wed Sep 10, 2014 7:55 pm

A Common Darter dropped in for 5 minutes this afternoon. A female again I think.

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Post by Willpar » Thu Jul 14, 2016 5:11 pm

Got this one today. Not easy and missed a lovely blue banded one.

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Post by Jacksparrow » Thu Jul 14, 2016 8:05 pm

Excellent :photo: and well spotted Willpar.
That is a Golden-ringed Dragonfly. It is not one that frequents my part of the country so I had to look it up.
Quite coincidently I had my first D/fly sighting of the season in my garden today. A Southern Hawker came for a nose around. Sadly my camera was elsewhere :(

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Post by Kev » Thu Jul 14, 2016 8:38 pm

That's a belter!
If I get the chance I'm going to check some of my dragon haunts at the weekend.

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Re: DRAGONFLIES

Post by nuthatch » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:32 am

:dragonfly: Brilliant, Willpar :clap:

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Re: DRAGONFLIES

Post by Jacksparrow » Sun Aug 28, 2016 8:17 pm

Today I had a visit from a female Southern Hawker
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She was little camera shy and this was the best I could do. :(

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Post by nuthatch » Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:06 am

I like it :clap: love their wings :dragonfly:

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