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blackcountry mon

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Can anyone please I/D this or these odonata. I thought the first could be a Scarce Chaser with the black wing markings but the habitate was a pond in Worcestershire so that's doubtful. Mature Black-tailed Skimmer males were on site along with Four-spotted and Broad-bodied Chasers. Any help will be appreciated.
 

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blackcountry mon said:
Can anyone please I/D this or these odonata. I thought the first could be a Scarce Chaser with the black wing markings but the habitate was a pond in Worcestershire so that's doubtful. Mature Black-tailed Skimmer males were on site along with Four-spotted and Broad-bodied Chasers. Any help will be appreciated.
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Yes - Scarce Chasers.

I know exactly zilch about the distribution of dragonflies in Worcestershire but found this page

http://dragonfliesofworcestershire.weebly.com/scarce-chaser.html
 
I agree. I think yow'm got a Scarce Chaser there, me mon. Nothing else has the spots on the wings coupled to that amount of yellow veination, in the UK, that I can think of.

Chris
 
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