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Id | 1081 | ||||||||||||
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Blue-eyed Hawker (Aeshna affinis) Sydlig Mosaikguldsmed (dk) Esna Zafiro (es) Klarblå Mosaikslända (se) |
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Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark
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Date | 2022-08-11 | ||||||||||||
Comment |
Imago. ♂. Granathøj. One was reported earlier this day, and I thought I would go and see if I could get a picture. It was probably the same as the one I had on August 6th, where I didn't get any. First I saw one animal when I arrived, but it disappeared from me soon. That was along the pond next to the hill. Then I circled toward the narrow sw-bound channel and found one there that stayed put and kept patrolling the patch. At one point another dragonfly approached and they started fighting. Briefly, then the intruder flew away. There I got the feeling that they looked very similar, suspecting that two animals were present. And when I went back to the hill, I soon encountered another one patrolling there as well. The question was, if they were different or if the first animal had left the channel to cover this area too. From the photos it definitely looks like they are different animals. Though the pattern of the abdomens look very similar (difficult to judge 100% because of blurriness), the markings on the thorax are certainly different. This one lacks the black spot just outside the front-most black line on the thorax and the dark patch between the black line and the should line is different from what is seen on the other animal. Plus, this present animals shows a whitish paleness to the frons at the corner toward the eye. This is lacking on the other too. Also, it looks like the two are holding their tail consequently different when flying. This one holds it straight, whereas the other one has it hanging a bit, more like the habit of the Blue Emperor. Also, the ends of the appendages are white on this one, and black on the other. See the other one in 1082. With 4, or perhaps 5, animals this year (so far) I must admit to have had my share of the species. Thank you! |
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