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Dragonfly

DateWed 2010-06-02

A club-tailed dragonfly, Gomphus vulgatissimus (Odonata: Gomphidae) eating a cranefly.  This dragonfly is recognisable by its widely-separated green eyes and distinctive black and yellow pattern on its thorax.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-28.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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