I long to see this character because it is the first to emerge signalling the beginning of a new season. A handsome, colourfully marked beast, too.
Id Notes
- very dark pterostigma
- black legs
- thorax is black with yellow sides
- antehumeral stripes begin yellow but change to red with age
- ♂ – abdomen largely with black bands on S7-9
- ♀ – extent of the black markings on the red ground varies greatly
- ♀ – one form exists, f. melanotum, with no red
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