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    Leonardo da Vinci was clever but I can go up and down, forward and back and side to side...........................The 4th dimension is yet to come
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    Is that an immature male?

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    Yes . He'll become more intense with age

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    You managed to get a nice clear shot there, Beryl.

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    Possibly it's a Teneral ?
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    Thanks . The DOF is good as well
    I think a little older than a Teneral. I think the legs are bi-coloured on a Teneral but am not sure with the Darters I know with Hawker the Tenerals have bi-coloured legs and are lass intensive.
    Here it is mating. The light may have changed slightly as the sun kept turning on and off.
    Each time I stepped nearer he took off further along the wall
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    The reason I asked was that you described the S.Hawker the other day as being a Teneral rather than juvenile. I didn't think that they would have been flying about as much as you described if still hardening off, so if you say that one was a teneral I wondered if this one was as well. I haven't seen them in real life so only know what I've read.

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    He had probably just emerged form a pond in a back garden . Juvenile dragonfly are nymphs. Once out of the water it sheds its skin and yes become a young Dragonfly technically a Teneral has to find a tree twig or similar to hang out on to dry. but soon become adult.
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