Exuvia ID (1 Viewer)

Gashead

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• Jun 4, 2019

• #1

Taken today (one of two similar exuvia) on our garden pond in rural Lincolnshire, near Skegness, mainly arable farmland, not near any local heathland.

I think they may be common hawker but there's a suggestion they are unlikely away from heathland.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

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pdwinter

Paul Winter

• Jun 4, 2019

• #2

Looks like an Emperor to me. Did you measure the length and do you have a picture which shows the head / eye shape better (i.e. from above if possible) ?

 

Gashead

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• Jun 8, 2019

• #3

No other photos. General consensus on other sites is brown hawker.

 

Farnboro John

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• Jun 8, 2019

• #4

Gashead said:

No other photos. General consensus on other sites is brown hawker.

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Have those other sites considered whether or not Brown Hawker has been reported this year yet?

John

 

honeym

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• Jun 8, 2019

• #5

I've seen Brown Hawker this year.
Martin

 

pdwinter

Paul Winter

• Jun 9, 2019

• #6

I can't see a lateral spine on S6 which Brown Hawker should have. I'm guessing that people are thinking Brown Hawker because of the pale stripe on the side of the head and the banding on the legs but those features only come into play when you have determined whether it's a hawker (aeshna) or emperor (anax). Attached a photo of an Emperor exuvia with pale stripe on the thorax extending onto the head and banding on the legs.

 

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Gashead

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• Jun 10, 2019

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BDS thinks it's an emperor now. Thanks for the replies.