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Botswana & Zambia, July 2022

Posted on 19 July, 2022 by JC — No Comments ↓

For the first two weeks of July, with travel supposedly opening up after two years of Covid-19 lockdowns, we lashed out on a tented camping safari to Botswana, including a side trip into Zambia to visit the stunning Victoria Falls.…

Posted in 2022, Botswana, Trip reports, Zambia

Large Red Females

Posted on 26 May, 2022 by JC — No Comments ↓

It is generally considered that there are 3 female colour forms of Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula). Or is it? Beginning in 1988, R. R. (Dick) Askew is quite explicit in his seminal volume, The Dragonflies of Europe, which says:…

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Sorting the Boys from the Girls

Posted on 1 May, 2022 by JC — No Comments ↓

[A 3rd article written originally for the BDS e-publication, Hawker.] Many odonata species exhibit sexual dimorphism. That is to say, the males look markedly different from the females. This, perhaps, reaches something of an extreme in some of our libellulid…

Posted in 2022, Articles

Bluets and their Pronota

Posted on 4 April, 2022 by JC — No Comments ↓

[Another transcription of an article written for the BDS Hawker e-publication.] Bluet is a succinct term encompassing two genera, Coenagrion and Enallagma. These are the Blue-striped Damselflies which usually follow hot on the heels of the Large Red Damselfly in…

Posted in 2022, Articles, UK

Anticipating Large Reds

Posted on 1 March, 2022 by JC — 2 Comments ↓

[This is a transcription of an identification article I wrote for the BDS in March 2022.] It’s the same every year: as spring approaches the odonata fan base holds its collective breath in anticipation of the new season, usually heralded…

Posted in 2022, Articles, UK

Australia, Nov-Dec 2019

Posted on 3 February, 2020 by JC — 2 Comments ↓

For some time I have been considering joining an organized dragonfly hunting tour. In November 2018 I was disappointed not to be able to take part in a tour of Western Australia organized by Phil Benstead of Odonatours [2022 update…

Posted in 2019, Australia, Trip reports

France, July 2019

Posted on 21 July, 2019 by JC — No Comments ↓

This wasn’t actually a trip in its own right but was a single week tacked onto the end of our trip around Germany. Having gone out to Germany through Belgium and experienced a dreadful campsite, we were anxious to avoid…

Posted in 2019, France, Trip reports

Germany, Jun 2019

Posted on 21 July, 2019 by JC — No Comments ↓

We’d been invited to visit friends in former East Germany and were going to fly but were scuppered by Ryan-bloody-Air when they cancelled the Stansted-Leipzig route completely. So, we turned it into a 3-week caravan trip. It was our first…

Posted in 2019, Germany, Trip reports

Sri Lanka, Mar 2019

Posted on 16 April, 2019 by JC — 3 Comments ↓

In late March, 2019, we joined an Explore! 12-day photographic trip to Sri Lanka. It was a general trip designed to cover many subjects, including a couple of wildlife parks, but also many cultural subjects. No specific odonata habitat was…

Posted in 2019, Sri Lanka, Trip reports

Spain, Winter 2018-19

Posted on 16 March, 2019 by JC — No Comments ↓

We chose to escape an irritating British Xmas and, hopefully, the worst of and the British winter for a second year running. Once again we planned to arrive in Spain on 21st December with a return ferry booked for 16th…

Posted in 2019, Spain, Trip reports

Author: JC

Botswana & Zambia, July 2022

Large Red Females

Sorting the Boys from the Girls

Bluets and their Pronota

Anticipating Large Reds

Australia, Nov-Dec 2019

France, July 2019

Germany, Jun 2019

Sri Lanka, Mar 2019

Spain, Winter 2018-19

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