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Dorset Dragonfly Gallery

Brown Hawker

Male
Male
Female
Female
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Common Hawker

Mating

By David Kitching

Egg laying female
Male

By David Kitching

Male
Female
Male
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Emperor Dragonfly

egg laying
male
female
immature male
immature female
male
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Hairy Dragonfly

male

by David Kitching

female
mating
Immature female
Female
Male
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Migrant Hawker

Immature female
Male
Female
Immature male
Mating
Female
Male
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Southern Hawker

Immature female
Male
Female
Immature male
Egg laying
Male
Male
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Golden-ringed Dragonfly

Female
Female
Male
Female
Male
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Downy Emerald

Immature male
Immature female
female

by Paul Ritchie

male

by Paul Ritchie

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Broad-bodied Chaser

Male
Female
Female
Over mature female
Immature male
Female
Male
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Four-spotted Chaser

Female immature
Female
Male
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
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Scarce Chaser

Immature male
Female
Female
Female overmature
Male immature
Female
Male
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Black-tailed Skimmer

mating
female
male
male

by Trisha Thompson

immature female
immature male
female
male
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Keeled Skimmer

mating
female
immature male
immature female
immature male
female
male
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Black Darter

mating
female
immature male
male
immature female
immature male
female
male
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There are several ways to report a Dragonfly sighting:

Option 1

Report a casual sighting or visit to a site, for the benefit of others who might wish to know what’s flying at the moment. These sightings are not vetted and are not automatically treated as scientific records.

Submit a Sighting

Option 2

Report a scientific record for addition to our long-term database of dragonfly occurrence, phenology. These records are subject to verification by a local expert.

Submit Scientific Records