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Odonata – Hawkers

Order Odonata – dragonflies & damselflies
   Suborder Anisoptera – Dragonflies
      Family Aeshnidae – Hawker Dragonflies
         Genera – Aeshna, Anax, Brachytron, Hemianax

Aeshna cyanea, - Southern Hawker, (female), Gamston Wood, Notts.
Aeshna grandis, - Brown Hawker, LWT Messingham Sand Quarry.
Aeshna grandis, - Brown Hawker, YWT Potteric Carr.
Aeshna grandis, - Brown Hawker, YWT Potteric Carr.
Aeshna grandis, - Brown Hawker, YWT Potteric Carr.
Aeshna cyanea - Southern Hawker, Thorne Moor
Aeshna mixta, - Migrant Hawker, (female), YWT Potteric Carr.
Aeshna mixta, - Migrant Hawker, YWT Potteric Carr.
Aeshna mixta, - Migrant Hawker, YWT Potteric Carr.
Aeshna mixta, - Migrant Hawker, YWT Potteric Carr.
Aeshna mixta - Migrant Hawker, Thorne Moor
Aeshna mixta - Migrant Hawker, Cusworth Hall & Park
Anax imperator -Emperor Dragonfly, Austerfield.
Anax imperator - Emperor Dragonfly, (male), Austerfield.
Anax imperator - Emperor Dragonfly, YWT Potteric Carr.
Anax imperator -Emperor Dragonfly, Austerfield.
Anax imperator -Emperor Dragonfly, Austerfield.
Anax imperator -Emperor Dragonfly, Austerfield.

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Melanoleuca polioleuca, Eckington Wood, Derbyshire. Strangalia maculata

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Pluteus cervinus - Deer Shield, Lindrick Dale. Seaton Swifts chicks 1 Water Violet - Hottonia palustris, John Scott's Farm. Water Pipit - Thorne Moor Purple Hairstreak Butterfly. (Image ?) Meadow Plant Bug - Leptoptema dolabrata, Potteric Carr (13/6/26). Autumn Gentian (Gentianella amarella), Sprotbrough. Bank Vole (male) (Myodes glareolus), Old Moor RSPB. Dysmachus trigonus - Robber fly with prey, Clumber Park, Notts Plusia festucae - Gold Spot, Austerfield.
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