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andyn
18-09-2005, 19:59
OK so it didn't attack me but i heard this massive buzzing and a thud as it landed on the wall of the garage. :eek: So i grabbed my phone and took a snap shot.

I was intreged as I've never seen one as large as this http://www.acc-systems.dsl.pipex.com//images/photos/myphotos/DSC00052.JPG around here in hampshire. (As you can see it is the same length as the width of a house brick.

Using the http://www.dragonflysoc.org.uk/home.htm site I think I've identified it as a Aeshna cyanea - Southern Hawker.

Just thought I'd share it with you all coz i'm nice like that :D

Take care.
R-J
18-09-2005, 20:16
its a stunner! they're superb arent they, perfected over 65 million years ago. if it aint broke, dont fix it eh.
BorderReiver
18-09-2005, 20:39
Great picture.I love watching them hunting.
If you stand still and hold your hand up they will occasionally sit on it. :cool:

You do look a bit silly though,so try to avoid being seen. :rolleyes:
tomtom
18-09-2005, 22:34
great picture mate.. i have been seeing loads of big ones this year, last year i noticed hardly any and many damselflys, but this year they have been so big i have seent them flying up the roads ahead of the car, and hardly any damselflys.. :D
Kepis
18-09-2005, 22:45
How about this then?, not a dragonfly something just a little bigger :eek: , i was in the garden enjoying a beer and it landed on my pond - i was amazed, got loads of great shots, mind you the cockateils it was eyeing up in the avary weren't as impressed as i was :rolleyes:
R-J
19-09-2005, 02:31
thats a hell of a shot! lucky you had a camera to hand eh.

reiver, sod looking silly. sometimes get them resting on the kayaks and evry time its special. they are one of the top hunters on the plannet
Kepis
19-09-2005, 08:13
thats a hell of a shot! lucky you had a camera to hand eh.

reiver, sod looking silly. sometimes get them resting on the kayaks and evry time its special. they are one of the top hunters on the plannet

I had been taking pics of the plants & flowers with my macro lens, so the camera was on the table, all i had to do was quietly and quickly change the lens.
andyn
19-09-2005, 08:42
WOW, yeah that is a tad bigger :eek:

Very impressive.

I take it that unlike me, you weren't 10 inches away from it? And were sensible enough to use a lens. :D
PurpleHeath
19-09-2005, 11:14
there great picutre guys!!
Kepis
19-09-2005, 13:31
WOW, yeah that is a tad bigger :eek:

Very impressive.

I take it that unlike me, you weren't 10 inches away from it? And were sensible enough to use a lens. :D

Was about 10-15ft away