Sallie's Dragon - August, 2020

Group member Sallie Corfield has sent in some super photos with the following message:-

"Thought I’d send these photos on of a southern hawker (unless I’m wrong in my ID?) ovipositing in my pond. It must have been doing this for around 45 minutes and mostly in the same place in the moss on this log next to the water. My kids were absolutely captivated! My pond is quite new having been put in around a year ago. "

What a wonderful experience, Sallie! Nothing wrong with your ID - a female Southern Hawker is probably the most likely dragonfly to visit a garden pond in these parts in order to lay eggs, and they do like a patch of moss to lay into too!

I hope that, if you have a garden without a garden pond, this will help to encourage you to put one in. You might be amazed and entertained by what visits.

Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) (female) - Sallie's garden

Thank you so much for sending in these photos and information, Sallie - very much appreciated! 

Take good care, folks, and stay safe - it's not over yet!