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Spanish dragonfly/darter id please.. (1 Viewer)

Kev23

Kev23

Woodlarks DO exist...
Not sure of this, the violet colouring, facial markings and wing colouring seem at odds to what I can find online... plenty of violet dropwings around and thousands of red-veined darters... but what's this?!
 
Kev23 said:
That sounds about right.... cheers :)
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It is right :t:

Males with immature, intermediate and mature colouration attached. You can see the underlying black patterns even in the mature individual.
 

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