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Dragonflies

A male southern migrant hawker perched on a grass stem. It's a blue and black dragonfly with dazzlingly blue eyes

Southern migrant hawker

A downy emerald dragonfly perched on pondside vegetation

Downy emerald

Broad-bodied Chaser

Broad-bodied chaser

Norfolk Hawker

Norfolk hawker

Brown Hawker

Brown hawker

Southern Hawker

Southern hawker

Migrant Hawker

Migrant hawker

Hairy Dragonfly

Hairy dragonfly

Keeled Skimmer

Keeled skimmer

Common Darter male

Common darter

Four-spotted Chaser

Four-spotted chaser

Golden-ringed Dragonfly

Golden-ringed dragonfly

Emperor Dragonfly

Emperor dragonfly

Common Hawker

Common Hawker

Common Clubtail

Common clubtail

Black Darter

Black darter

Black-tailed Skimmer male

Black-tailed skimmer

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