"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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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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Regards
Bob Hobden



Won't argue 'cos I know nothing about them, but the nearest we could find
was the Golden - Ringed Dragonfly. Could it be?

Mike