{"id":15844,"date":"2022-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=15844"},"modified":"2022-05-11T13:54:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T11:54:21","slug":"dragonfly-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2022\/05\/04\/dragonfly-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragonfly debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image alignfull article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1899\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/04\/50bd2175-b223-4ffd-bb61-fa8b5980e995.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-15843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/04\/50bd2175-b223-4ffd-bb61-fa8b5980e995.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/04\/50bd2175-b223-4ffd-bb61-fa8b5980e995-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/04\/50bd2175-b223-4ffd-bb61-fa8b5980e995-1024x950.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/04\/50bd2175-b223-4ffd-bb61-fa8b5980e995-768x712.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/04\/50bd2175-b223-4ffd-bb61-fa8b5980e995-1536x1424.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption>On the wing from May to July, the hairy dragonfly is the UK\u2019s smallest hawker dragonfly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Dragonfly debut<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">May sees the first dragonflies patrolling weedy ditches and pools.<span> They\u2019re usually hairy dragonflies, which fly early in the year. To tell them apart from other species, you\u2019ll need a clear view of a perched dragonfly to make out the hirsute thorax (it\u2019s hard to see when it\u2019s flying). Hairy dragonflies are found mostly in the south \u2013 the Somerset Levels and Norfolk Broads are hotspots.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">Photo: DRAGONFLY: OLIVER SMART<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragonfly debut May sees the first dragonflies patrolling weedy ditches and pools. They\u2019re usually hairy dragonflies, which fly early in the year. To tell them apart from other species, you\u2019ll need a clear view of a perched dragonfly to make out the hirsute thorax (it\u2019s hard to see when it\u2019s flying). Hairy dragonflies are found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","purple_page_number":"18","purple_custom_meta_purple_page_number":"18","purple_seq_number":"1","purple_custom_meta_purple_seq_number":"1","purple_source_article":"article_18-1.xml","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_article":"article_18-1.xml","purple_source_issue":"May-2022","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_issue":"May-2022","purple_external_id":"May-2022-18-1","purple_custom_meta_purple_external_id":"May-2022-18-1","purple_issue_code":"|0000087231||","purple_custom_meta_purple_issue_code":"|0000087231||","purple_android_product":"com.im.wildlife.491","purple_custom_meta_purple_android_product":"com.im.wildlife.491","purple_ios_product":"com.im.wildlife.491","purple_custom_meta_purple_ios_product":"com.im.wildlife.491","purple_web_product":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_web_product":"","purple_publication_id":"58d61955-0ac4-406c-83f1-ab6f21d86b70","purple_migrated":"","kt_blocks_editor_width":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2022-05-06T07:42:59Z","apple_news_article-theme":"","apple_news_api_id":"d7793c74-2be7-47ad-8425-790bfba2386f","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2022-05-11T11:54:27Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A13k8dCvnR62EJXkL-6I4bw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":true,"apple_news_is_preview":true,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_article_theme":"","apple_news_sections":"[]"},"categories":[25],"tags":[14],"apple_news_notices":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/04\/50bd2175-b223-4ffd-bb61-fa8b5980e995.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1","apple_news_title":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/04\/50bd2175-b223-4ffd-bb61-fa8b5980e995.jpg",2048,1899,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/04\/50bd2175-b223-4ffd-bb61-fa8b5980e995-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/04\/50bd2175-b223-4ffd-bb61-fa8b5980e995-300x278.jpg",300,278,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/04\/50bd2175-b223-4ffd-bb61-fa8b5980e995-768x712.jpg",768,712,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/04\/50bd2175-b223-4ffd-bb61-fa8b5980e995-1024x950.jpg",800,742,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/04\/50bd2175-b223-4ffd-bb61-fa8b5980e995-1536x1424.jpg",1536,1424,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/04\/50bd2175-b223-4ffd-bb61-fa8b5980e995.jpg",2048,1899,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Dragonfly debut May sees the first dragonflies patrolling weedy ditches and pools. 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