Southern Hawker Male......I hope :-)
Tough one for me to ID, I believe this is a recently emerged juvenile male.
Thorax and abdomen patterns seem Southern Hawker male.....but the colourisation isn't the same as a mature male. A large majority of males and some females dragonflies start life in one colourisation.... and as they mature quickly they change colour in thorax, abdomen and eyes.
As a side note....I've recently found that as in the case of Scarce Chasers Males where they start life as the same colourisation as the females... but over a short time they change and develop a blue pruinescence over it's body.
When they reach the end of their lives the blue almost like a powder comes off.
And the body then returns almost to it's original colour.
Southern Hawker Male......I hope :-)
Tough one for me to ID, I believe this is a recently emerged juvenile male.
Thorax and abdomen patterns seem Southern Hawker male.....but the colourisation isn't the same as a mature male. A large majority of males and some females dragonflies start life in one colourisation.... and as they mature quickly they change colour in thorax, abdomen and eyes.
As a side note....I've recently found that as in the case of Scarce Chasers Males where they start life as the same colourisation as the females... but over a short time they change and develop a blue pruinescence over it's body.
When they reach the end of their lives the blue almost like a powder comes off.
And the body then returns almost to it's original colour.