A surfeit of emperors! Rare winged visitor in Douglas

This traveller (pictured) was noticed in a garden in Governor’s Hill on 9th November, the dragonfly was identified as a female Vagrant Emperor (Anax ephippiger), the first known record of this species in the Isle of Man

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at Isle of Man Government News 2011-12-20.