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Old 19-08-2008, 11:02 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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"'Mike'" wrote
http://www.myalbum.com/Album-FKGLJVR...0-Animals.html

Settled on a Geranium on our veranda this morning and is still there 12
hours later :-)

Four inch wingspan and three inch overall body length.

Anyone know anything about them? How long will it stay? How long do they
live?


That looks like a Southern Hawker.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Hawker
and they can live up to 4 months although they spend 3 years as aquatic
larvae.

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Bob Hobden