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Aeshna cyanea - Portrait Full critter here:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/102647/aeshna_cyanea_-_male.html" title="Aeshna cyanea - Male"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/102647_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=RvDJFtXQ5gyfXSUzJiuprFBkhug%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Aeshna cyanea - Male These are flying around in the garden quite regularly, but seldom a chance to get a picture ... finally one was sitting still for a while (cold day) :o)<br />
Portrait here:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/102646/aeshna_cyanea_-_portrait.html Aeshna,Aeshna cyanea,Aeshnidae,Jane&#039;s garden,Odonata,Southern Hawker,nl: Blauwe glazenmaker" /></a></figure> Aeshna,Aeshna cyanea,Aeshnidae,Jane's garden,Odonata,Southern Hawker,compound eyes,nl: Blauwe glazenmaker Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

    comments (4)

  1. Awesome! Posted 5 years ago
  2. Great photo! Posted 5 years ago
  3. awesome... Posted 5 years ago
  4. That face, those eyes: the detail. Brilliant. Posted 5 years ago

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The Southern Hawker or Blue Darner is a 70 millimetres long species of hawker dragonfly. It is large, with a long body. It has green markings on the black bodies, and the male also has blue spots on the abdomen.

Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies
Species identified by Pudding4brains
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By Pudding4brains

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Uploaded Oct 6, 2020.