On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 08:37:58PM +0000, Colin Adams wrote: > On 26/02/2008, Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > :P.S. Can someone tell me the scientific name of the species pictured > > :in the mascot? > > > > I'm afraid I don't know. I took that picture in my garden, in > > Berkeley, California. > > Well, I will find out. It is almost certainly a Darter (Sympetrum) - > although you Americans call them Meadowhawks.
I grew up calling them mosquito-hawks. I know the term "dragonfly" obviously, but I've never head of the term meadowhawk. B
