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Dragonfly

Photo by MatthewFuller
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Field Notes

Description:

Average sized dragonfly, brown/orange. Natures helicopter.

Habitat:

by a lake in Dorking, Surrey

Notes:

This dragonfly rested in the end-ring of my fishing rod, luckily for the dragonfly I didn't get any bites until it flew away!

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Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Doryreed
There is a lot of variation in colour among all females but I just thought that the green patches suggested Emperor.
sttweets
Nice picture! It resembles my http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5534011 (Sympetrum striolatum). On this page (in Dutch unfortunately) you can see the variety in colors (male / female / age) of this common darter.
MatthewFuller
The female emperor dragonfly should be green, according to wikipedia. Judging from these photos ( http://www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/content/uk-species ) I think it's a Norfolk Hawker
Doryreed
I think this is a female Emperor dragonfly (Anax imperator).

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PublishedApril 29, 2011

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