Unknown...

[rcarca]

Can anyone tell me what this is? It sunned itself for long enough for a couple of shots. It looks like it has been in the wars:


Unknown... by RCARCARCA, on Flickr

EXIF: 5Dmkiii, 24-105mm at 105, 1/1000 sec, f4.0, ISO500

Richard

[Kernuak]

It's one of the darter dragonflies (Libellulidae, Sympetrum spp.), although I'm not sure which one; it depends where in the world it was shot to make a firmer ID.

[rcarca]

It's one of the darter dragonflies (Libellulidae, Sympetrum spp.), although I'm not sure which one; it depends where in the world it was shot to make a firmer ID.

Thanks for that. I have been told it is a common darter, mature female. This was taken in Marlow, on the edge of the Thames Valley to the west of London in the UK.

Richard

[distant.star]

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Great colors!

[Kernuak]

It's one of the darter dragonflies (Libellulidae, Sympetrum spp.), although I'm not sure which one; it depends where in the world it was shot to make a firmer ID.

Thanks for that. I have been told it is a common darter, mature female. This was taken in Marlow, on the edge of the Thames Valley to the west of London in the UK.

Richard

The colours match those of a female common darter, it just looked a little like there were some secondary genitalia under the wing. The other possibility, is that it is an immature male, which can lack the red abdomen.