Norfolk Hawker Dragonfly
Taken at Strumshaw Fen on 26th June 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.
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Norfolk Hawker Dragonfly.
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Order:
Family:		 Aeshna isoceles.
Odonata.
Aeshnidae.
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Flies/Found:
Feature: 		Wet areas, ponds, ditches and marshes, with dense vegetation. It is now confined to unpolluted fens and grazing marshes in the Broadlands of Norfolk and north-east Suffolk
60 - 70 mm.
It has green eyes and clear wings with a diagnostic yellow triangular mark on the second abdominal segment. The hindwings have an amber patch at their base.
May - August.
Its common name in English is green-eyed hawker. In Britain it is a rare and local species, and is known as the Norfolk hawker.