A pair of Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) dragonflies mating in flight and laying eggs at a pond on Horsell Common, Woking, Surrey, SE England

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Location: Horsell Common, Woking, Surrey, England
Photo credit: © Graham Prentice / Alamy / Afripics
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