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Sunlit Dragonfly

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Hi,

No Sun since weeks but today a nice visitor.

A dragonfly named Flame Skimmer


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_skimmer

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I can see why it is called 'Flame', what an amazing colour :hamster: ours in the UK seem to be all brown, well, all the ones I have ever seen have been. How large was he/she?

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Montana wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 11:04 am I can see why it is called 'Flame', what an amazing colour :hamster: ours in the UK seem to be all brown, well, all the ones I have ever seen have been. How large was he/she?

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Hi Alexandra,

Wingspan between 7 and 8 cm averaged about 3 inches

Yes I read about the brown UK dragonflies named Brown Hawker

https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/spec ... wn-hawker/


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