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Posted by riverdown (My Page) on Mon, Jun 29, 09 at 8:13
Hi there,
I am new to this forum, I was on the US forum for a while asking about clay in ponds & would it ever settle (it has!) I didn't realise it was the US forum until they started talking about racoons dredging up the bottom, oops! Still they were very nice.
Me & hubbie have just built a pond (about 9wks old now) about 16' x 10' x 2 - 5' Once he gets a shovel in his hand he just cant stop! Anyway the other day I saw a large flying insect, that was long fattish, sort of wasp coloured & shaped, but HUGE, about 3-4" long BUT had definate dragonfly type wings. It darted & hovered over the water for quite a bit before flying off. I would have said it was a dragonfly except for the colour & shape of the body. I live in North Yorkshire.
I know it's a bit like asking how long's a bit of string, I've worked with entomolgists before & you bascially have to know things like what colour was its kneecaps etc before they give you any sort of an answer. It's probably a common insect but I've never seen anything like it, it gave me quite a fright as it flew in over my shoulder! I've looked in a few books but can't find anything similar.
A rough guess would do me, any ideas?
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| Hi me again, Have been looking at pictures on the web & I think it was a female broad-bodied chaser. |
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I've never seen one of those, but I've just looked it up and no wonder you were spooked!
Big Kid |
RE: What the heck was that?
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| Too right, scared me half to death! It has been returning quite regularly now & identification is definate. I haven't seen any males but it's been laying eggs in the water, so maybe there'll be some more if they survive being eaten by my fish. It wasn't as big as I first said either (due to shock I think)only about a couple of inches, but still big to me!
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