Another curiosity I came across was the Brown Hawker (Aeshna grandis), the picture below is of the Brown Hawker Ovipositing. Ovispositing is what dragonflies do when depositing eggs by way of an ovipositor. This particular one was laying eggs on a piece of rotting wood in still water.
BUT that was'nt the curiosity....
Female Brown Hawker Oviposting
The curious thing was a Brown Hawkers cannabalistic actions. I saw one snatch a smaller Common Darter out of the air, go to ground amongst the thick grasses and proceed to take its head off and start eating it!
Until this point I was unaware of their cannabalistic compulsions.
If you take a close look at the following image you can see the Common Darters abdomen hanging out of the Brown Hawkers mouth.
Male Brown Hawker nibbling on a Common Darter