Female Hawker

This (southern?) hawker is laying her eggs at the bottom of a surfacing trunk. After taking this picture, I started gearing up, just to see a duck swimming up and eating this very hawker... missing that very shot of giving live life and dying...

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Superb shot, Kurt. Love the composition, the sharpness, and the story. Keep up the good work, promoted to homepage. Posted 13 years ago

Kurt Peeters

Katipo Spider

Thanks! Posted 13 years ago

Roeselien Raimond

Snow Leopard

Very nice behavioural shot and interesting info indeed. Posted 13 years ago

The Green Hawker

The Green Hawker is a species of dragonfly in family Aeshnidae. It is found in Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Sweden, and Ukraine. Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, lakes, and marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss in parts of its range but in general it is not very vulnerable.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies

Species identified by Kurt Peeters