Unfortunately by the time I had found a dragonfly id guide after taking the first lot of photos and realised it was important to take a photo of the underside of the head and mouthparts to work out the type of labium, the exuvia had fallen off the barbecue and was now in two parts - so a very blurred picture of underside of the head.
My dragonfly identification skills are not particularly good and this is the first time I have attempted to identify which species may have emerged from an exuvia so if anyone can enlighten me more on which species this may be please leave a comment.
Edit - Apologies for the strange appearance of this post - whilst checking it in Preview half the typing seems to be in blue (no idea why!!).
Reference
FSC Guide to dragonflies and damselflies of Britain
WildGuides - Britain's Dragonflies by David Smallshire and Andy Swash published by English Nature
You don't know how cool you are right now. I had a photo shoot yesterday on a family of Grebes. The parent had something in its bill and I couldn't figure out what it was....and then you posted this!!! Now I know exactly what it is. I had no idea that this is what they were called....now I know. Thank you:) We had beautiful rain tonight and the clouds were fantastic at sunset. Hope you have a nice start to your week. "Exuvia patronum!" Sounds like a Harry Potter spell:)
What a fascinating post! I have never photographed exuvia but am always on the lookout for it :-) Great photos, a shame about the mishap though ;-)
You are costing me money again Caroline!! Having just recently ordered a secondhand (it's currently out of print) copy of Ina Taylor's Edith Holden book....all your fault!...I have now discovered there is a book called Field Guide to the Larvae and Exuviae of British Dragonflies by Steve Cham. I hear it calling my name...and maybe yours too especially as you have a pond!
I didn't notice the difference in type colour until you mentioned it but I have had the same problem. It is to do with copying and pasting and the only solution I have found is to physically type the piece out :-( Blogger can be a real pain sometimes!
ShySongbird - Many thanks Jan. I had several mishaps:( Trying to do everything in a rush. I left exuvia to dry and then managed some photos. Then I came in to put on the macro lens and it had fallen on the floor but it was still in one piece! Then came in to get a moth pot to put it in and by the time I had got back outside it had fallen again and I could only find half!
It so lovely to talk to someone who can't stop buying books either :) You will love the Ina Taylor book - it really is interesting. I bought the Country Diary Companion second hand as it was out of print. You are being exceedingly naughty tempting me with the Larvae and Exuviae book!!! - I shall be searching for it as soon as I have finished my comments :) Trouble is I have to keep away from Amazon as Brian has discovered you can check past history of buying :(
Its strange about the appearance as I didn't do any copy or pasting! The only thing I can think is that when I was inserting lines between photos I may have done something I shouldn't have done - if that makes sense! TBH I reverted back to old blogger and am still using that! I still find it impossible to insert links or bold or italics. One of these days I will experiment so if people see posts appearing and disappearing its me in experiment mode :)
Toffeeapple - Many thanks - its fascinating what you can find at times.
Concerning the colour and underlining as mentioned to Jan above the only thing I can think I may have done wrong was perhaps split a photograph when I shouldn't have done which has adversely affected the typing.
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You don't know how cool you are right now. I had a photo shoot yesterday on a family of Grebes. The parent had something in its bill and I couldn't figure out what it was....and then you posted this!!! Now I know exactly what it is. I had no idea that this is what they were called....now I know. Thank you:) We had beautiful rain tonight and the clouds were fantastic at sunset. Hope you have a nice start to your week. "Exuvia patronum!" Sounds like a Harry Potter spell:)
Rohrerbot - What a coincidence Chris!! So glad I was able to help :).
Glad you have some rain at last and I hope its gone cooler for you.
"Exuvia patronum" - love it!
Have a good week.
What a fascinating post! I have never photographed exuvia but am always on the lookout for it :-) Great photos, a shame about the mishap though ;-)
You are costing me money again Caroline!! Having just recently ordered a secondhand (it's currently out of print) copy of Ina Taylor's Edith Holden book....all your fault!...I have now discovered there is a book called Field Guide to the Larvae and Exuviae of British Dragonflies by Steve Cham. I hear it calling my name...and maybe yours too especially as you have a pond!
I didn't notice the difference in type colour until you mentioned it but I have had the same problem. It is to do with copying and pasting and the only solution I have found is to physically type the piece out :-( Blogger can be a real pain sometimes!
That was very interesting, I have never seen one at all.
Not only is part of your post in blue but when you hover your cursor over it, it changes to underlined yellow - most odd.
ShySongbird - Many thanks Jan. I had several mishaps:( Trying to do everything in a rush. I left exuvia to dry and then managed some photos. Then I came in to put on the macro lens and it had fallen on the floor but it was still in one piece! Then came in to get a moth pot to put it in and by the time I had got back outside it had fallen again and I could only find half!
It so lovely to talk to someone who can't stop buying books either :) You will love the Ina Taylor book - it really is interesting. I bought the Country Diary Companion second hand as it was out of print. You are being exceedingly naughty tempting me with the Larvae and Exuviae book!!! - I shall be searching for it as soon as I have finished my comments :) Trouble is I have to keep away from Amazon as Brian has discovered you can check past history of buying :(
Its strange about the appearance as I didn't do any copy or pasting! The only thing I can think is that when I was inserting lines between photos I may have done something I shouldn't have done - if that makes sense! TBH I reverted back to old blogger and am still using that! I still find it impossible to insert links or bold or italics. One of these days I will experiment so if people see posts appearing and disappearing its me in experiment mode :)
Toffeeapple - Many thanks - its fascinating what you can find at times.
Concerning the colour and underlining as mentioned to Jan above the only thing I can think I may have done wrong was perhaps split a photograph when I shouldn't have done which has adversely affected the typing.
Southern Hawker. :)
Anonymous - Thanks so much for id :)
Dare I ask is it Mandy leaving a comment? Apologies to Anonymous if it isn't.
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