Shropshire Insects-Butterflies and Dragons (1 Viewer)

keithr · Aug 25, 2013

Hope I am allowed to start this thread .....
Just migrated in from the Worcestershire site -even though I am in West Mids.
Had a little trip out to the Long Mynd area on Friday in not very nice weather but still had a couple of firsts for me.
Had a Male Emerald Damsel and a Pair of Black Darters at "The Bog"....will defo have a return trip as this looks a great al round area for everything.

Keith :t:

Bad light...very windy....hand held and Me..not good combo....lol
1.Female Black Darter
2 Male Black darter (sorry really crap)
3 Male Emerald Damsel ...blimey these are so long...

keithr · Jul 29, 2014

Made out a report but it said too late to reply...by the time I had found the box to tick I had lost the report...thanks.............

keithr · Jul 29, 2014

heres the pics anyway...dont mean much with out a report...

Keith

keithr · Jul 29, 2014

...and a few more....
Keith

coal tit · Jul 29, 2014

Damsels and dragons

keithr said:
...and a few more....
Keith

Hi keith nice photo,s especially the two damselflies breeding
What species is the large dragonflie in the 2nd set of photo,s as I saw
This one a couple of years ago in the peak district and have seen similar
Ones in my garden I saw one the same size in my garden only last thursday in
Flight.

keithr · Jul 30, 2014

Hi,Coal Tit......Its probably a Southern Chaser...I say probably because there are 2 or 3 that I get mixed up with....It was doing the classic hovering as if watching you then darting off around the pond again. It just would not face me or do a side on though.

Keith :t:

James Lowther · Jul 30, 2014

i have never (knowingly) seen one but it looks like a male common hawker e.g. no yellow golf tee, waisted abdomen. i guess the upland habitat would be good also.

coal tit, there is another very similar species called migrant hawker which ironically tends to be more common (at least in dorset...) so you may have seen that?

James

keithr · Jul 30, 2014

Cheers James...as I say I get mixed up with these.....looking again are there 2 different ones here.....?? I put one from Clee Hill on F/B and was told Common as it had a Yellow leading edge to the wing.....HELP...lol

I just love watching them living up to the Chaser part of the name...

Keith :t:

James Lowther · Jul 30, 2014

hey keith, remember these are "hawkers", not "chasers", chasers are a bit smaller with a broader, plainer abdomen. and don't forget you also have "skimmers" and "darters"!

James

coal tit · Jul 30, 2014

Dragonflies

keithr said:
Hi,Coal Tit......Its probably a Southern Chaser...I say probably because there are 2 or 3 that I get mixed up with....It was doing the classic hovering as if watching you then darting off around the pond again. It just would not face me or do a side on though.

Keith :t:

Hi keith yes dragonflies are certainly agile and their skill in
Flight is marvelous flying backwards as fast as going forwards, I to have Noticed
That they will check you out, last sunday I did manage to photograph a resting
Common darter on my clothes line the heat had settled her down to rest on
There I use the gallery If I download on here as I have no luck with the desizer,s
for my photo,s picked some malware up last time I tried, presently I can,t
download Invertibrates on video here due to error reasons I have done before
I videoed the darter but presently can,t download it have replied back to
support on here a few times but get no feedback perhaps you have to be
A paying member to get priority over that here.

coal tit · Jul 30, 2014

Dragonflies

James Lowther said:
i have never (knowingly) seen one but it looks like a male common hawker e.g. no yellow golf tee, waisted abdomen. i guess the upland habitat would be good also.

coal tit, there is another very similar species called migrant hawker which ironically tends to be more common (at least in dorset...) so you may have seen that?

James

Hi james thanks for your feedback I will look up on google
Keith,s suggestions and your own on hawkers usually if you see some in your
Garden you,ll see more later in the summer I hope so I know of no neibouring
Garden ponds but I,m still lucky enough to get a few species here along
With damselflies occasionally I have seen one or two this year.

keithr · Jul 31, 2014

James Lowther said:
hey keith, remember these are "hawkers", not "chasers", chasers are a bit smaller with a broader, plainer abdomen. and don't forget you also have "skimmers" and "darters"!

James

He He...I just lump them all together as Dragons really...the I called them chaser instead of Hawkers on another site only the other day....they DO chase each other away though...lol.

Keith :t:

coal tit · Jul 31, 2014

hawkers

James Lowther said:
hey keith, remember these are "hawkers", not "chasers", chasers are a bit smaller with a broader, plainer abdomen. and don't forget you also have "skimmers" and "darters"!

James

Looking through some google Images I did find one dragonflie
The same beautiful markings which is the southern hawker blue,green,yellow
Markings the one I had In the peak district perhaps the same ones I get in
My garden too.

coal tit.

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