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Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 14 7:37 am Post subject: A Visitor.
Yesterday in the heat of the day, we had a visitor to our garden pond. I don't know what species she was but it looks as though we should be getting a few more of them over the next few years.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45519
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 14 9:49 am Post subject:
nice and a sign that the pond is in good condition if they lay eggs and you get nymphs be careful weeding etc some of them have quite a nasty nip

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 14 9:55 am Post subject:
Mutant mosquito. Nice photos BTW.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 14 10:25 am Post subject:
We had a similar dragonfly laying eggs in the pond pretty quickly after we made it and this last week we've seen some brutish looking creatures coming to the surface that we think may very well be dragonfly nymphs.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45519
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 14 4:17 pm Post subject:

Bodger wrote:

brutish looking creatures coming to the surface that we think may very well be dragonfly nymphs.

yep that sounds like em.when they get bigger they are quite fierce

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45519
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 14 4:25 pm Post subject:
Click to download file and quite bitey

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9717
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 14 5:35 pm Post subject:
I'd say that is a female emperor dragonfly massive things - one was stuck in my growers run the other day and I had to let it out. bit creepy really good pictures bodger

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 14 7:37 pm Post subject:
That's using my dinky new camera. Yes it is an Emperor, I asked on a facebook group.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15600

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 14 6:26 am Post subject:
Don't know what sort they are, but strangely we get dragonflies in the woods although there is no permanent water. Think they come hunting.

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