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Dragonflies

A male southern migrant hawker perched on a grass stem. It's a blue and black dragonfly with dazzlingly blue eyes

Southern migrant hawker

A downy emerald dragonfly perched on pondside vegetation

Downy emerald

Four-spotted Chaser

Four-spotted chaser

Golden-ringed Dragonfly

Golden-ringed dragonfly

Emperor Dragonfly

Emperor dragonfly

Common Hawker

Common hawker

Common Clubtail

Common clubtail

Black Darter

Black darter

Black-tailed Skimmer male

Black-tailed skimmer

Broad-bodied Chaser

Broad-bodied chaser

Brown Hawker

Brown hawker

Southern Hawker

Southern hawker

Migrant Hawker

Migrant hawker

Hairy Dragonfly

Hairy dragonfly

Keeled Skimmer

Keeled skimmer

Common Darter male

Common darter

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