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Dragonfly and Bug ID please
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 11:57 am
by CFB
Could someone please identify these two dragonflies and one bug (shield bug?) for me. Seen in the Alpes-Maritimes at about 200 meters altitude.
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Thanks,
Colin
Re: Dragonfly and Bug ID please
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 12:40 pm
by Paul Wetton
Hi Colin
Your first dragonfly looks like a female Large Pincertail (Blue-eyed Hooktail) - Onychogomphus uncatus with the blue eyes.
The second is a darter and has blue on the lower half of the eyes so possibly a Red-veined Darter - Sympetrum fonscolombii
No real idea on the bug except it may be some time of Harlequin Shield Bug.
Cheers
Paul
Re: Dragonfly and Bug ID please
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 2:17 pm
by Mikhail
....and the bug is Eurydema ornata, the Ornate Shieldbug, a recent colonist of the south coast of England.
M.
Re: Dragonfly and Bug ID please
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:00 pm
by CFB
Thanks a lot Paul and Mikhail, that's great
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Colin
Re: Dragonfly and Bug ID please
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:58 pm
by David M
That second dragonfly is particularly beautiful.
Re: Dragonfly and Bug ID please
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 7:15 am
by CFB
Thanks David.