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Another dragonfly ID request
http://www.stewart.hinsley.me.uk/Ima...ta/Odonata.php
I've identified it as a Hawker, but I'm not sure which one. (Best guesses are male Common or Southern Hawker.) -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Re: Another dragonfly ID request
On Jul 30, 7:09 pm, Stewart Robert Hinsley
<{$new...@meden.demon.co.uk> wrote: > http://www.stewart.hinsley.me.uk/Ima...ta/Odonata.php > > I've identified it as a Hawker, but I'm not sure which one. (Best > guesses are male Common or Southern Hawker.) > -- > Stewart Robert Hinsley The broad stripes on the front of the thorax, and the long triangle on the first segment of the abdomen makes it Southern Hawker. I think it is an immature male, the spots on a mature one would be deeper green, blue towards the end of the abdomen. |
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Re: Another dragonfly ID request
In message <1185823332.108395.262210@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups .com>,
jimormerod@gmail.com writes >On Jul 30, 7:09 pm, Stewart Robert Hinsley ><{$new...@meden.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> http://www.stewart.hinsley.me.uk/Ima...ta/Odonata.php >> >> I've identified it as a Hawker, but I'm not sure which one. (Best >> guesses are male Common or Southern Hawker.) >> -- >> Stewart Robert Hinsley > >The broad stripes on the front of the thorax, and the long triangle on >the first segment of the abdomen makes it Southern Hawker. I think it >is an immature male, the spots on a mature one would be deeper green, >blue towards the end of the abdomen. > Thanks. The colour of the spots is probably unreliable - when it settled it was in deep shade and I had to use flash to get a photograph, so the spots may well be washed out. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
