Southern hawker imm male - a photo on Flickriver

Southern hawker imm male

            There were literally hundreds of dragonflies on the wing in the Somerset wood I visited a few days ago. It's a long way from the places where they breed, which are mainly down on the levels - they come here to feed up and mature, away from the stresses of defending a territory, or avoiding over-attentive males. If you catch them on the right day there can be huge numbers.

This was one of the more interesting finds. The southern hawker is a high-summer dragonfly, but its flight season extends right through to the end of the summer and into the early autumn. So it's possible to see freshly emerged southerns in August, and this is a fine example.

Taken on: August 6, 2023

Tags:

insect

dragonfly

Odonata

Anisoptera

Aeshna cyanea

immature

male

woodland

Polden Ridge

Somerset

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Sets appears in: • Dragons and damsels

Groups appears in: • Insect Macro Photography • Odonata more » • Macros Group • UK Dragonflies • BBC Springwatch (Official) • macro flowers insects • Somerset's Wonderful Wildlife • Somerset's Nature Reserves • Order: Odonata • The British Dragonfly Society Pool • Macro & Close up Photography • Somerset Woodlands • Macro Addicts, That is all. • Somerset Nature • Olympus Zuico 150/400 f4,5 TC1.25 PRO « less

Camera: OM Digital Solutions OM-1, f/8.0, 1/640 sec, 236mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	OM Digital Solutions OM-1
Lens:	OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	236mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 24.7 (Windows)
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