Southern hawker

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WildFlower

Lion

It looks similar, but it is a Southern Hawker. Posted 10 years ago
1. Sara Sadler
  
  King Cobra
  
  Thanks for this - I love taking the pictures but I am rubbish at identifying what I am taking! Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Don't worry, Sara, most of us learned this only by practice. Wildflower, however, is a biologist :) Posted 10 years ago
  2. 1. Sara Sadler
      
      King Cobra
      
      I can see this site is going to be really useful for helping me to identify all the creatures in my photograph collection! It is handy to know people who know what they are looking at! Posted 10 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        This site forces you to think about what you shoot. I once was completely clueless about what I photographed, and now much more aware. And some categories I struggle with still. If you use the site long enough, eventually you'll become species obsessed. You won't rest until you find it, and will actively collect new ones. Or so I hope :) Posted 10 years ago

The Southern Hawker

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.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies

Species identified by WildFlower

By Sara Sadler

Uploaded Jan 3, 2015. Captured Jul 1, 2014 10:02 in Hangleton Lane, Angmering, Worthing, West Sussex BN12 6PP, UK.

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NIKON D3100
f/13.0
1/160s
ISO100
300mm

Captured in the summer. More summer photos.