DM156
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i'd go with pdwinter. Ruddy Darter.:t:
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i'd go with pdwinter. Ruddy Darter.:t:
HarassedDad
Norfolk County Butterfly Recorder
No yellow stripe on legs, small saffron patch at base of hind wings, shape of segmental sutures on side of thorax. On balance, ruddy darter - but immature females can be hard - I've had to look twice at specimens in the hand where the characteristic club shape had not fully developed. (they are a lot easier side on actually where the lack of a vulval scale in Ruddy is a clincher)
pdwinter
Paul Winter
Hi Andy
Luckily this photo is at about the best angle for seeing the leg stripes - it's often difficult from a view from the front. What would be nice is a picture showing the top of the thorax with the T shape and/or the black down the side of the frons but dragonflies oftern refuse to get in the best position for a photo ID|=)|.
The (young) female in the attached photo shows the (inverted) T on the thorax and the black down the side of the frons. The legs do look striped,though, which is an artefact of the bright sunshine and my less than perfect camera.
HTH, Paul
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HarassedDad
Norfolk County Butterfly Recorder
The irony of course being that your photo has all those diagnostic marks and yet the left superior anal clasper just projects enough, at just sufficient of an angle, to look at first glance like a projecting vulval scale. 
It's much easier in the field than from a single photo.
It's much easier in the field than from a single photo.
pdwinter
Paul Winter
Stratton Birder
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Two male Migrant Hawkers were patrolling the disused railway line between Norwich city centre and Lakenham yesterday evening. Will have to check my back records but these will surely be my earliest records of the species in Norfolk.
Tractorboy69
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David Norgate
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Lightthiscandle
David Bryant
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Simon
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Dawn Balmer
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With the weather half decent for Sunday (well, no rain forecast at least) we might pop up to the coast for the day. Is there any news on Red-veined Darters lately?
john miller
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There were a good number seen at Kelling water meadows. Best place yesterday was from the North East corner, but anywhere along the north edge dependant upon the wind direction.
However if there is no sun they can be difficult.
John
Dawn Balmer
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Thanks John. The weekend weather has been so awful, Sunday might be my best chance. Hope the sun breaks through the cloud!
antshrike69
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Red-veined Darters were showing well yesterday at Kelling Quag - several on the path from the car-park, plus at least one pair in tandem ovipositing. The activity did indeed increase markedly each time the sun came out. BB Chaser egg-laying too.
Keeled Skimmers out in force at Holt Lowes and Scarce Emeralds over the border at Thompson Common along with clouds of darters.
Keeled Skimmers out in force at Holt Lowes and Scarce Emeralds over the border at Thompson Common along with clouds of darters.
Peter Dolton
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Keeled Skimmers out in force at Holt Lowes and Scarce Emeralds over the border at Thompson Common along with clouds of darters.[/QUOTE]
With respect, what border?
peter
With respect, what border?
peter
antshrike69
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James Emerson
Norwich Birder
VC27/VC28 - is that not right?[/QUOTE]
You are correct about the vice county boundaries. I don't think the majority of birders list separately for west and east Norfolk, hence the confusion as we wouldn't think of it as a border
antshrike69
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Very true - I was in mapmate invertebrate mode :-O
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