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Image Taken on 06 Aug 2020
at 17:58 Image of day on 10 Sep 2020
The middle image in more detail.
The damaged wing is very typical of the insect after a few days
in the sunshine. Damage can get much worse than this before it has
any impact on ability to fly well.
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Image Taken on 06 Aug 2020
at 17:58 Image of day on 10 Sep 2020
The Brown Hawker Dragonfly is well named - even their wings are tinged brown.
Here is one flying by taken at about 7 fps.
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Image Taken on 25 Jun 2023
at 16:11 Image of day on 23 Aug 2023
A Brown Hawker Dragonfly veering upwards to avoid the cap wearer
This camera-lens pairing is a little faster at 8 fps.
The black at the bottom left isn't a privacy thing - following the insect just didn't
catch the cap-wearers head!
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Image Taken on 19 Jul 2015
at 15:43 Image of day on 19 Sep 2015
This Brown Hawker Dragonfly was flying into the strong wind
giving us a much closer spacing in this accurate montage. The
flight appeared level to the eye, but you can see it wasn't!
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Ref: 20150919_df3_20150719_1543_393-399 brown hawker dragonfly in flight into headwind 1-7 of 7 (accurate montage @ 7fps)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 23 Jul 2012
at 13:05 Image of day on 01 Sep 2012
This male Brown Hawker Dragonfly has just launched into flight.
The strange pod on the left is the seed head of a Flag Iris.
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Image Taken on 05 Aug 2012
at 14:31 Image of day on 14 Sep 2012
Hawker Dragonflies often hang in bushes where they are very difficult to find
unless you see them land. Every time the camera lost position it
was a struggle to find the insect again from only a couple of
metres away.
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Ref: 20120914_df1_20120805_1431_178 brown hawker dragonfly male camouflaged on dead leaf (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 18 Jul 2014
at 12:34 Image of day on 24 Sep 2014
A male Brown Hawker Dragonfly flying up the path we were standing on.
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Ref: 20140924_df2_20140718_1234_107-109 brown hawker dragonfly male in climbing flight towards camera @ 7fps 1-3 of 3 (accurate montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 11 Aug 2013
at 15:08 Image of day on 04 Oct 2013
This is a male Brown Hawker Dragonfly diving down.
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Image Taken on 18 Jul 2014
at 12:36 Image of day on 24 Sep 2014
A male Brown Hawker Dragonfly flying by. We have approximately
halved the overall width to give a better view of the insect
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Ref: 20140924_df2_20140718_1236_165-168 brown hawker dragonfly male in flight @ 7fps 3-6 of 8 (approx halved width montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 03 Jul 2018
at 14:35 Image of day on 22 Aug 2018
A few days later this male Brown Hawker Dragonfly is patrolling the concrete
access track. It is a really good heat trap.
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Ref: 20180822_d72_20180703_1435_020-026 brown hawker dragonfly male in flight @10fps 1-7 of 7 (accurate montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Jun 2011
at 12:33 Image of day on 13 Aug 2011
A Brown Hawker male viewed from underneath the insect.
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Image Taken on 26 Jun 2011
at 12:39 Image of day on 13 Aug 2011
This detail from another image seemed to us to show how the
pattern of veins in the wings forms sheets of corrugations when
the wing is under stress as here when the insect turned back in
flight.
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Ref: 20110813_da1_20110626_1239_051_ft1 brown hawker dragonfly male in flight showing corrugations on aerodynamically twisted wing (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 25 Jul 2009
at 11:28 Image of day on 30 Aug 2009
A male Brown Hawker Dragonfly male in Flight shown over a twig of
hawthorn from the hedge it frequently flies over. This wonderful
beast weighed in at only 0.9 g (about 1/30th Ounce).
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Image Taken on 03 Jul 2018
at 16:24 Image of day on 22 Aug 2018
A male Brown Hawker Dragonfly, stopped for once. We have male and female of this
species occupying different areas that overlap near the house - get it together folks!
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Ref: 20180822_d72_20180703_1624_083 brown hawker dragonfly male perched on tree bark(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Jun 2011
at 12:47 Image of day on 13 Aug 2011
The first couple of warm days at last brought out the Odonata
(Dragonflies and Damselfies) and this male Brown Hawker Dragonfly
obliged with some in-flight images.
Just taking off from the twig (not a montage).
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Ref: 20110813_da1_20110626_1247_088_ft1 brown hawker dragonfly male taking off from hawthorn twig 2 of 3 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 19 Jul 2015
at 15:38 Image of day on 19 Sep 2015
We think this Brown Hawker must have been hunting something we
can't see - they use their legs as a sort of 'net' to snare
insects in flight. Read the sequence from left to right - this
stuff is all too quick for our eyes to catch the detail.
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Ref: 20150919_df3_20150719_1538_210-212 brown hawker dragonfly maneuvering in flight 1-3 of 3 (accurate montage @ 7fps left to right)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 27 Jul 2021
at 14:28 Image of day on 07 Sep 2021
A Brown Hawker Dragonfly perches on a piece of dead wood high above a hedge.
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Image Taken on 11 Jul 2026
at 12:39 Image of day on 06 Sep 2026
Brown Hawker Dragonflies are quickly distinguished in flight by their overall
brown appearance.
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Image Taken on 26 May 2012
at 17:58 Image of day on 29 Jun 2012
A patch of warm weather at the end of May brought out the first
dragonflies of the year.
First a Common Blue Damselfly - actually not very common here
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Image Taken on 23 Jul 2019
at 16:24 Image of day on 11 Sep 2019
This mature female Common Blue Damselfly has chosen to perch on the shaded side
of a plant stem. A heat-wave has produced an air temperature of about 36c
and the insect does not need to warm itself in the blazing sun.
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Ref: 20190911_d72_20190723_1624_031 common blue damselfly female (blue form) aligned for shade from stem(r+mb id@768).jpg
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