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Environment | Flora | Fauna
Natural History of Radley
Dragonflies and Damselflies (odonata)
Azure damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
(on nettle by Thrupp Lake, 28 May 2010)*
Red-eyed damselfly (Erythromma najas)
(05 June 2010)*
Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) male
(08 August 2010)*
(more)
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) male.
(Above: photographed in flight, 08 August 2010)*
(Left: Closeup of head, 21 August 2010)*
Above and left: Emperor dragonfly
(Anax imperator) - male
(Captured, Orchard Lake, 07 July 2011. Subsequently released unharmed.)
(image of adult male)
larva exuvia
Odonata pages
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