Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758, (four-spotted chaser)


28 May 2017 at OSIGR: R39 in Clare, Eire

Record Summaryfailed emergence. Dead, partly emerged adult.
Found asExuvia
Date28 May 2017
OS grid refOSIGR: R39
Vice CountyClare, VC no: H09
CountryEire

Notes:

Antenna with final segment shorter than penultimate, labial palpi flatly crenulate, premental setae in a continuous curve.

Abdominal spines rather weak, but labial spinature clearly Libellula.

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