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Average sized dragonfly, brown/orange. Natures helicopter.
by a lake in Dorking, Surrey
This dragonfly rested in the end-ring of my fishing rod, luckily for the dragonfly I didn't get any bites until it flew away!
Spotted on Apr 29, 2011
Submitted on Apr 29, 2011
4 Comments
There is a lot of variation in colour among all females but I just thought that the green patches suggested Emperor.
Nice picture! It resembles my http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/553... (Sympetrum striolatum).
On this page (in Dutch unfortunately) you can see the variety in colors (male / female / age) of this common darter.
The female emperor dragonfly should be green, according to wikipedia. Judging from these photos ( http://www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/co... ) I think it's a Norfolk Hawker
I think this is a female Emperor dragonfly (Anax imperator).