Macswede
Macswede
Didn't really expect to be posting any more dragonfly IDs this year but I saw a nice dragonfly at Tyresta National Park last Saturday and I got a good shot of another dragonfly at my local patch outside Stockholm today.
I've tried to ID them myself but I'm just not sure.
I think the first one is some kind of darter. I have learned that male darters are often red. I think it's a Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum or a Vagrant Darter Sympetrum vulgatum.
The second one seems to be a Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta but it could well be a Common Hawker Aeshna juncea
I'm probably way off with both!
I've tried to ID them myself but I'm just not sure.
I think the first one is some kind of darter. I have learned that male darters are often red. I think it's a Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum or a Vagrant Darter Sympetrum vulgatum.
The second one seems to be a Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta but it could well be a Common Hawker Aeshna juncea
I'm probably way off with both!