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Steve
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12th Aug 07 at 10:35   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
This thing was about the size of my hand, absolutely stunning. I managed to save it and it flew away in the end



smack
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had one in at work the other day, everyone was terrified of it and tried to kill it, i saved it and set it free , looked very simular to that and was massive.
i heard they can give you a nasty bite? not sure on that tho
Jamie
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I'd have rathered a vdieo of your cat mauling it tbh
Steve
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quite possibly, it was the biggest dragon fly iv ever seen and we get a lot by our pond. It literally was the length on my hand a good 5 inchs or so
Twiggy
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thats mint!
Superlite Ltd.
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cool
Steve
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aye nice colours
Natalie
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Pretty one
Bram
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Was it fast?
SetH
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howcome these things are so rare, hardly see them.
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I found one of these dead in my engine bay once. The colours were really nice. Poor thing.
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chavs crush them up and put them in the heels of their Nike Shox
Jambo
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i have them nesting in my pond, if spitfires were insects theyd be a dragonfly
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
quite possibly, it was the biggest dragon fly iv ever seen and we get a lot by our pond. It literally was the length on my hand a good 5 inchs or so


You have small hands.
Nath
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12th Aug 07 at 16:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Robin
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
quite possibly, it was the biggest dragon fly iv ever seen and we get a lot by our pond. It literally was the length on my hand a good 5 inchs or so


You have small hands.



I measured my hand after reading that and yes, Steve must have small hands.
gavin18787
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impressive


didnt know you was back steve

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
pdwhelan
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Used to see these all the time when i went fishing.. They can get REALY REALY big apparently! Not sure if its possible in the UK. Just done a search and found this ona forum..
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We get shitloads of little ones in our conservatory, but no big ones.
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quote:
Originally posted by pdwhelan
Used to see these all the time when i went fishing.. They can get REALY REALY big apparently! Not sure if its possible in the UK. Just done a search and found this ona forum..



judging by the size of those raspberrys, this one was bigger, check out the pic with the garden snail in the background
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true lol. didnt notice that.. its hard to tell the actual size unless you compare it to somthing you actualy know the size of. Big and colourful fuckers though lol
Natalie
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Sometimes a few would fly into my parents garden, I would freak & run inside

There are pretty to look at, but they actually scare me if they come near me

 
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