Dragonfly ID

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• BobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

  August 2016

  Brown Hawker I think fidget.

  http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/brown-hawker

  Lovely photos of it too!

  A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  August 2016

  is this one a Brown Hawker as well Bob?

  

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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• BobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

  August 2016

  I think that's a female Common Darter nut (and another superb photo!)

  http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/common-darter

  A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  August 2016

  Thanks Bob, I can never remember which is which apart from the chasers, they stick in my mind somehow.

  I tried for an even better shot, 4 of them lined up on 4 poppies, but my photography is luck rather than skill

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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