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Green eyed hooktail dragonfly Onychogomphus forcipatus

Greece, insect, Kefalonia, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeMarch 19, 2013Leave a comment

One nice find while in Kefalonia was this hook tailed dragonfly, namely the Green eyed hooktail Onychogomphus forcipatus.

Emperor dragonfly nymph meet your neighbours style

Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeMarch 6, 2013Leave a comment

A couple of shots of an striped emperor dragonfly nymph taken withe the white background meet your neighbours style.

Broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 15, 20133 Comments

A quick pond photo from last night, a broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph.

Migrant Hawker in flight and slow worm

Essex, insect, odonata, Reptile, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 8, 2013Leave a comment

A few photos from last Autumn. Some migrant hawker dragonfly in flight shots. Can’t wait to have another crack at these. And a slow worm.

Darter dragonfly nymph

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 21, 2012Leave a comment

A few shots of a darter dragonfly nymph (Sympetrum sp.) I took back in July with my photographic aquarium set up:

Migrant hawker and common darter dragonflies at London Wetland Centre

insect, London, odonata, WWT London wetland centreBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 7, 2012Leave a comment

Some more photos from the London Wetland Centre, this time of the dragonflies. There were loads of migrant hawkers about. Also I photographed this common darter.

Striped emperor dragonfly nymph and Water stick insect close ups

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 28, 2012Leave a comment

Yesterday I had a aquarium photography session. A 4mm long emperor dragonfly nymph turned up with this rather nice striped colouration. I have only seen this colouration once before, again it was an emperor, but that one was over a cm if memory serves. The one yesterday let me get one good side on shot.…

Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea dragonfly nymph

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 14, 2012Leave a comment

Some more photos from the aquarium set up in October, this time of a Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) dragonfly nymph.

Egg laying and mating ruddy darters

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 9, 20121 Comment

A couple of photos from one of dragonfly chasing lunch breaks. As well as the migrant hawkers, there is an abundance of ruddy darters at Wat Tyler CP. I’ve seen many tandem egg laying pairs, but they move pretty fast as the male whips the female down to lay an egg. I took a few…

Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta in flight

insect, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 4, 2012Leave a comment

After all the excitement of the rare southern migrant hawkers, it seem that only the migrant hawkers (Aeshna mixta) are still on the wing. I had a look at West Canvey Marshes on Sunday and there has been no sign this week at Wat Tyler CP. The week before last I came across a migrant…

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