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Falmouth, Cornwall UK.

Migrant Hawker female, a difficult customer flying in among the vegetation looking for a suitable stem to deposit her eggs.

Unlike most Dragonflies that lay their eggs in water she cuts a slit in a stem and leaves her eggs in the fissure when the eggs hatch, they then head for nearby water and become aquatic Larvae.

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Uploaded on September 24, 2022
Taken on September 15, 2022