Is there a lepidopterist in the house?

Starman · 28th May 2010, 10:28

Good morning. I'm having a debate with my daughter Tabitha who I've had off school this week with septicemia. On our walk through the churchyard we saw a beautiful dark blue "butterfly". Aprox 3~4" in length/width with four distinct narrow wings. The back two being very narrow, almost silk like, and flew... Like a flutterby...
Tabitha insists it's a dragon/damselfly as it had a long body, but not on my eyes "that" long!!
We would love to know what we saw and I can't find anything like it on the net!
Any one have any ideas please or indeed know what we saw.
Many thanks in advance.

Zeb · 28th May 2010, 10:43

I think she may well be right...?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbroughton/4000027913/ Damsel

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johopo/575256393/ Dragon

Starman · 28th May 2010, 11:51

Bless ya Zeb. Alas these are too "draonfly" like. If that's not a soopid statement. I wish I'd gotten me camera out quicker. It's so hard to explain yourself! I would say the wings were less rigid it had a lazy "floppy" style of flying.
Probably how I would fly if I was one

Cheers Zeb

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Starman Posted a thing or two 03 CDTi Tourer Conn SE auto Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Shrewsbury Posts: 1,405 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 4 Posts	Is there a lepidopterist in the house? Good morning. I'm having a debate with my daughter Tabitha who I've had off school this week with septicemia. On our walk through the churchyard we saw a beautiful dark blue "butterfly". Aprox 3~4" in length/width with four distinct narrow wings. The back two being very narrow, almost silk like, and flew... Like a flutterby... Tabitha insists it's a dragon/damselfly as it had a long body, but not on my eyes "that" long!! We would love to know what we saw and I can't find anything like it on the net! Any one have any ideas please or indeed know what we saw. Many thanks in advance. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

28th May 2010, 11:51	#3
Starman Posted a thing or two 03 CDTi Tourer Conn SE auto Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Shrewsbury Posts: 1,405 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 4 Posts	Bless ya Zeb. Alas these are too "draonfly" like. If that's not a soopid statement. I wish I'd gotten me camera out quicker. It's so hard to explain yourself! I would say the wings were less rigid it had a lazy "floppy" style of flying. Probably how I would fly if I was one Cheers Zeb __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

28th May 2010, 10:43	#2
Zeb Banned MGZT V8 & ZTT 190+LPG Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 8,089 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I think she may well be right...? http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbroughton/4000027913/ Damsel http://www.flickr.com/photos/johopo/575256393/ Dragon