One of the two very common red-bodied (♂) Sympetrum species resident in the UK.
ID Notes
- all black legs
- mature ♂ – blood-red clubbed abdomen
- mature ♂ – reddish frons
- ♀ – yellow abdomen
- small yellow patches at hind-wing base
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