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Image Taken on 11 Aug 2013
at 14:55 Image of day on 05 Oct 2013
This female Southern Hawker dragonfly spent a few minutes indoors
for a some in-flight portraits. She was turning in flight here
and partly out of frame.
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Image Taken on 05 Sep 2018
at 14:20 Image of day on 29 Oct 2018
Here our female Southern Hawker Dragonfly shows that her interest is hunting,
here holding the remains of some food item in her legs and her mandibles do their
thing.
The males of this species seem to spend far longer 'on the wing' than the
females in order to guard their territory and be on the lookout for females.
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Ref: 20181029_df3_20180905_1420_167 southern hawker dragonfly female in flight holding prey to mouth 2 of 4 (crop)(r+mb id@432).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Aug 2013
at 12:46 Image of day on 27 Sep 2013
This female Southern Hawker Dragonfly laying eggs on the Iris fronds
well above (say 0.5 metre) the water surface. We have only
previously seen them laying on near water-level sodden dead wood.
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Image Taken on 24 Aug 2016
at 17:48 Image of day on 12 Oct 2016
A Southern Hawker Dragonfly ovipositing (laying eggs) on Iris fronds in the main
pond. She spent about 10 minutes laying all around the pond, but almost every
stop was out of view or so shaded that neither we nor the camera could see a
thing. Finally she reached the front of the pond pausing for a few seconds that
you see here. She first had her ovipositor (tail end) out of sight on the left
of the frond, and then on the right as you see here, before flying off into the
distance after about 10 seconds and we didn't see her again.
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Ref: 20161012_df3_20160824_1748_006 southern hawker dragonfly female laying eggs on iris fronds in main pond 2 of 3 (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 29 Aug 2016
at 12:16 Image of day on 14 Oct 2016
A female Southern Hawker Dragonfly on the Iris fronds on the main pond. Our
second sighting this year of this activity but we never seem to get a good view!
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Image Taken on 01 Oct 2022
at 09:41 Image of day on 07 Nov 2022
A female Southern Hawker Dragonfly warming herself in the sunshine.
Soon only her ghost will haunt the hedge.
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Image Taken on 04 Aug 2021
at 12:47 Image of day on 15 Sep 2021
A Southern Hawker Dragonfly buzzing around us stops for a few second
on a clump of unripe blackberry fruits. The insects couldn't care less
whether the fruit is ripe or not - it is a hunter and this is just 'any' perch.
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Image Taken on 19 Sep 2012
at 13:14 Image of day on 26 Oct 2012
Hawker dragonflies are very territorial. This is the same insect as above (judging from
the wing damage) next day patrolling over the pond. The image has been rearranged
and the spacings slightly stretched to illustrate the almost hover.
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Image Taken on 08 Aug 2009
at 12:45 Image of day on 22 Sep 2009
Repeated attempts at getting a good high speed
dragonfly-in-flight sequence got this unexpected moment of
interest. The dragonfly spent a moment hovering and in the reaction
time to press the shutter to store the last 1 second it turned
round on the spot and flew back towards the camera (and then even
more out of focus). The entire time for the montage shown was
0.166 second.
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Image Taken on 04 Oct 2016
at 15:08 Image of day on 19 Nov 2016
A hovering Southern Hawker Dragonfly showing us the crazy wing positions it uses
to resist the effects of the wind and control it's position.
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Ref: 20161119_df3_20161004_1508_062-065 southern hawker dragonfly hovering 1-4 of 5 (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 22 Jul 2007
at 10:31 Image of day on 15 Aug 2007
This Hawker dragonfly (about 10cm wingspan) landed in a sunny hedge
in front of us. To see an image in flight look in the archive for
20 Sep 2006.
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Image Taken on 09 Aug 2014
at 15:55 Image of day on 20 Oct 2014
The Southern Hawker Dragonfly making another quick turn - all this in half a second.
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Ref: 20141020_df2_20140809_1555_430-433 southern hawker dragonfly in flight turning & flying back 01-04 of 11 (montage @ 7fps)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 09 Aug 2014
at 15:54 Image of day on 20 Oct 2014
A somewhat atypical Southern Hawker Dragonfly that was patrolling
this pond from mostly in the shade, turning as each end of his
flight took him out into the sunshine. Except in very hot weather
(which this wasn't) dragonflies here normally stick to the sunny
patches. This first is 1 second of flight. The visual impression of
'instant' change of direction reflects the reality!
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Image Taken on 23 Aug 2011
at 15:59 Image of day on 05 Oct 2011
We watched entranced (and wet) for several minutes as the Southern Hawker
Dragonfly placed eggs in various spots.
Here you get a good view of her egg laying equipment.
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Ref: 20111005_df1_20110823_1559_070 southern hawker dragonfly laying eggs on wet rotten wood by pond side (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 23 Aug 2011
at 15:59 Image of day on 05 Oct 2011
Here is a Southern Hawker Dragonfly laying eggs on a sodden branch
left by the edge of the main pond for a couple of years.
If you want wildlife, untidiness can be a virtue! We noticed
the insects unusual behaviour through the window and stampeded
out into the drizzle to see these few minutes for a first time.
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Image Taken on 08 Sep 2020
at 17:42 Image of day on 20 Oct 2020
The Southern Hawker is the second-most populous Hawker Dragonfly here.
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Image Taken on 18 Sep 2016
at 14:26 Image of day on 06 Nov 2016
In a patch of sunshine on a cool day this lovely Dragonfly was on the wing for
long enough for us to see him land. He is in remarkably good condition for this
late in the summer - normally the wing edges will have been torn on a few thorns
by now.
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Image Taken on 20 Aug 2008
at 15:15 Image of day on 05 Sep 2008
A new dragonfly this week - a male Southern Hawker. Quite a
beauty and a strong flyer. Windy out, so no hope of photo in a
natural setting, so took some indoors before letting him go.
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Image Taken on 23 Jul 2022
at 12:52 Image of day on 07 Sep 2022
The Southern Hawker Dragonfly appears most years, and here is
the first one we have spotted hanging on a blackberry stem up in a sunny hedge.
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Image Taken on 25 Aug 2013
at 12:37 Image of day on 15 Oct 2013
This Souther Hawker Dragonfly seems to be gliding on the rear wings while
flapping the front pair.
This image is the top right image in the following montage.
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Ref: 20131015_a77_20130825_1237_347 southern hawker dragonfly male 90 degree turn in flight 1 of 4 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
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