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Red ID #2 - _TNY_0823

There are several species of darter dragonflies in Sweden which all have red males.

 

A good way to distinguish (some of) them is to look at the legs. This one from a trip to the Svartkällsskogens naturreservat is very red, but has no red at all the legs which tells us it must be a male ruddy darter (Sympetrum sanguineum).

 

Compare this one to a vagrant darter here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52660895191/

 

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Uploaded on January 31, 2023
Taken on August 26, 2022