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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? Mike South facing veranda on the South East coast of the Isle of Wight -- |
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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. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "'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. -- 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 |
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In message , '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? For the last 3 weeks I've seen about a dozen or so at a time in my urban garden when it is sunny. I'm not aware of anyone having a pond in their garden close by. After flying around for a while I can find 6 or more 'sitting' on the dead stems of my Honeysuckle. They can stay there for many hours and don't seem to be easily disturbed. http://www.amac.f2s.com/dragonfly/index.htm -- Alan news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com |
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"'Mike'" wrote "Bob Hobden" replied "'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. 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. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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"Alan" wrote in message ... In message , '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? For the last 3 weeks I've seen about a dozen or so at a time in my urban garden when it is sunny. I'm not aware of anyone having a pond in their garden close by. After flying around for a while I can find 6 or more 'sitting' on the dead stems of my Honeysuckle. They can stay there for many hours and don't seem to be easily disturbed. http://www.amac.f2s.com/dragonfly/index.htm They look like Common Hawkers. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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from "'Mike'" contains these words: Anyone know anything about them? How long will it stay? How long do they live? Surprised it's still there after all that time. Not a lot longer, in that particular case, I'd guess. Generally, they break out of the imago in the summer, and die in the autumn. Favourite food of some small hawks, apparantly. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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Anyone know anything about them? How long will it stay? How long do they live? Surprised it's still there after all that time. Not a lot longer, in that particular case, I'd guess. Generally, they break out of the imago in the summer, and die in the autumn. Favourite food of some small hawks, apparantly. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig Still there at 07.50 this morning!! Mike |
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