Golden-ringed Dragonfly

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Golden-ringed Dragonfly by Frances Watts as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

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Golden-ringed Dragonfly

Image: © Frances Watts Taken: 14 Jul 2007

This huge golden-ringed dragonfly obligingly posed for photographs while it ate a wasp. The wasp gives an idea of just how big the dragonfly was.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

coordinates on a map icon
Latitude
50.101213
Longitude
-5.554669