Monday 3 August 2009

Half a dragonfly?


I came across this bizarre sight by one of the ponds at The Lodge last week. It took me a few seconds to realise that this darter had been pulled into a hole by something (a wasp?). As you can see by the second 'action' shot, he wasn't too happy about it!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great photos. This has been reported in past and likely to be the larva of a Green Tiger Beetle.
Cheers Steve C.

Anonymous said...

Hi Steve, that would definitely make sense - I took a couple of pictures of adult green tiger beetles at that very spot earlier in the summer!