"'Mike'" wrote
"Bob Hobden" replied
"'Mike'" wrote
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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.


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


It could be but that Dragonfly is jet black with yellow bands and the two
lines on the thorax are angled.
I'm certain yours is a male Southern Hawker.

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Bob Hobden