Dragon fly

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on July 25, 2022 at 11:47

How obliging of it to stay still!. 

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Permalink Reply by James H. on July 25, 2022 at 13:13

Did the dragon fly?

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Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on July 25, 2022 at 15:53

Whether it was the dragonfly which flew or the dragonflew which fled, it certainly scarpered when I began to work on tying up the tomato plants.

This particular insect didn't oblige with any impressive aerobatics but I remember one just like it that caught a moth in flight.  There was an audible scrunch as it chewed the moth's torso leaving its wings to flutter down to earth.

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Permalink Reply by Gordon T on July 25, 2022 at 19:29

Probably not yours given where you are on the Ladder Dick, but I saw a large similar colour dragonfly as I was waiting at the Green Lanes/Endymion Rd traffic lights. Surprise!

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Permalink Reply by Quentin Given on July 29, 2022 at 10:59

Looks like an Emperor Dragonfly. Biggest UK species. 

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Permalink Reply by Valerie Shipp on July 29, 2022 at 14:12

Super photo of a large dragonfly. 

I usually see plenty of striped ones over my pond, after the damsel flies have left, but this year there has not been one.

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