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Safari Tip:
To help you identify dragonflies and damselflies there's a beautifully
illustrated fold out chart in the Nature Shop - click
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Latin name: Aeshna cyanea
Size: Wingspan approximately 95mm. Body length around 75mm
Distribution: Found mainly in England and Wales, scarce in Scotland and
N. Ireland.
Months seen: June to October
Habitat: Ponds and lakes
Food: Insects
Special features: Male southern hawkers have green markings with blue
markings on the last three segments of the abdomen. The female (shown above) has all green
markings.
 Juveniles have very pale markings which appear almost
yellowish as seen in this freshly emerged example.
UK Safari Dragonfly Section
UK Safari Damselfly Section
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