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Brilliant Emerald (Somatochlora metallica)    (dragonfly)    24814
Glinsende Smaragdlibel (dk)   Metaltrollslända (se)  
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Brilliant Emerald 1255    (7 photos)
2021-07-03    Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark

Imago. Male. Ehv-broen south end of Ellevehøjvej.

I've recorded three animals in my observations from this day, but arranged the photos of this species into four different animals. I'm not sure what is correct, but at least it looks like the yellow markings on the frons are different on some of the photos justifying more than one animal.

Curiously this is my only observation of the species. Despite of being rather active during 2022 I didn't manage to find it anywhere, and certainly not at this spot, that in general seemed bad compared to 2021.

Photo of the different animals: 1, 2, 3, 4-7.
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