Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A few Dragonflies
Posted by fleabag on 07-09-2006 12:01
#1
Hi,
I was hoping someone might be able to help me to ID any of these dragons.
I've had a quick try myself,using the net and my very limited knowledge.
They were all found in West Sussex.
1.hav'nt a clue
2.common darter maybe
3.migrant hawker maybe
Many thanks :-)
Posted by fleabag on 07-09-2006 12:03
#2
second one
Posted by fleabag on 07-09-2006 12:05
#3
third one
Posted by fleabag on 07-09-2006 12:07
#4
another view of the third one
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 07-09-2006 13:16
#5
Hi Fleabag.
1. Some fresh Sympetrum, I think
2. Sympetrum vulgatum
3. Anax sp.
Nikita
Posted by Gordon Jar on 07-09-2006 17:54
#6
As I understand it:-
# 2 is probably a male Sympetrum sanguineum.(Ruddy Darter)
# 1 is probably a female Sympetrum striolatumas (Common Darter)as the legs do not look all black.If the legs are all black then it would be a female Sympetrum sanguineum.
#3 Look like a male aeshna mixta (Migrant Hawker) to me.
Regards
Gordon
Edited by Gordon Jar on 07-09-2006 17:57
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 07-09-2006 20:30
#7
2. Legs colour uncertain, but this combination of brownish thorax with red base of wing is, I think, more vulgatum than sanguineum.
Nikita
Posted by Gordon Jar on 07-09-2006 20:48
#8
S. vulgatum is listed on the british Dragonfly Society website
as a ' Rare vagrant to the British Isles '.
The S. sanguineum has 'brownish thorax with red base of wing' see:-
http://www.dragonflysoc.org.uk/frameset.htm?home&home
Regards
Gordon.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 08-09-2006 08:17
#9
Hi Gordon.
I send image to my friend Odonata expert.
You are right S. sanguineum,
Nikita
Posted by fleabag on 11-09-2006 02:32
#10
Nikita + Gordon,
thank you,very helpful :-)