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Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2015 11:34 am**

Help With ID Please:

Am I correct in thinking that the pale dragonfly below is a Common Darter and the other is a Southern Hawker (both being females) ? They were observed over the last couple of days in Gee Cross (SJ9593).

: Common Darter ???

: Southern Hawker ???

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Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2015 12:16 pm**

Yes you are correct, the first one is Sympetrum striolatum but it is a somewhat teneral male. The other is a teneral female Aeshna cyanea.

Regards,
David Kitching

Posted: **Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:32 am**

Cheers David.

I didn't suspect that it was a teneral male. I thought that the reddish colouration on the abdomen was the result of it being an ageing female.

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