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    Found this on the leaf of a bullrush in the pond there are about six others but don't know if they are empty cases like this one
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    Oooooh. It's left it's legs behind as well. What sort of insect is it?
    Some sort of dragon fly . I diddn't knowthey shed there skins.

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    It better had be a dragonfly cause I don't want something like that wondering about on the floor.

    Greg reckos its a dragonfly, I'll google and see what it come up with

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    It is. I think it's Chaser.

    Onthe floor? You sid it was in the bullrushes

    Lookss like a broad bodied Chaser

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    Yep it was on the bullrushes, I meant I wouldn't like a creepy crawlie like that walking around on the floor.

    Been told it may be a Southern Hawker

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    http://www.jwallphoto.net/TamJournal/Guide-Insects.htm this link I think shows a similar husk.
    Rolf

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    Yep could be . well now it's a husk Ugh
    The Url Rolf has added is very good
    I'm not too hot on the dragonflies

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    Yes I just had a look Chocky, thanks rolf, I also found this when I googled and there is a similar husk also. It's amazing how when they emerge they are so much bigger than the husk itself

    http://www.dragonflysoc.org.uk/frame...ya&species&aes

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    Yep. That's why they need to shed their skins.
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    I know the feeling Chocky, more than once I've breathed a sigh of relief when I've got undressed

    That's a nice find, Babs.

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    Who doesn't.

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