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I am not a happy bunny....is it safe to go back in my garden after finding this (hopefully dead) specimen?? I have had a quick browse on the net, and it does look like a dragon fly nymph, but the size of it does not match any 'normal' descriptions. This one is huge - could it be due to global warming ? Any ideas or escape routes would be very much appreciated. P.S. Yes I am very scared !!!
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YUK! glad I didn't find that! Good luck identifying itHappy Gardening,
Shirley
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Try contacting your local Wildlife Trust for Gloucestershire, they might be interested/able to ID it?To see a world in a grain of sand
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Shortie
"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding CarterComment
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Actually.... not sure the head looks right...Shortie
"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding CarterComment
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Do you think it eats children??
If so, I want it!!!!TxComment
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I only want it if it eats dog sh*t and sh*ts grass seed!
KKComment
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Come to think of it - it can eat the dog too.......TxComment
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Hi Madam Jojo,
It looks like the nymph of Lubella depressa. A big dragonfly that makes its appearance quite early. The male is blue and the female golden. They are short bodied and the male hovers over the pond waiting for the female, then he guards her while she lays eggs. Got loads in my pond and quite often find the numphs a long way from the water.
They are harmless in the garden but have a huge appetite for tadpoles.
Have you still got it? If so is there a chance of another picture of it the other way up?Last edited by roitelet; 11-03-2008, 02:49 PM.Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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eeeewwwwwwwYo an' Bob
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After checking my 'Girls' Book of Ghastly Creatures' I'd go with a dragonfly nymph too. It's massive but then some dragonflies are massive tooWhoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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An upside down photo of Norman the nymph
Yes, we have named him Norman, but he smells now!! I hope the upside down photo is clear enough. But surely a dragon fly that size is not normal?.....yuck!Comment
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I can't stop shuddering.Comment
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Yep they are that big !!!!!
Think that I might chamge my mind about the species Could be Anax Imperator. Thats the very long green/blue one.Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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That's very interesting... it does look like a cricket, or orthoptera family because of the legs, and the antenna. Dragonfly larvae don't have antenna. And if you look at the body, it really is similar to a cricket.
The only thing is that there is no wings at all....and its huge!Comment
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I have just given it a real pruning before it comes into leaf in the hope of getting some regeneration and the tree not having to work as hard getting water and nutrients higher up. If this doesn't work I'll replace it next year with something else.
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