migrant hawker autumn hawker aeshna mixta

portraits
migrant hawker
The male abdomen is dark with pairs of blue spots.
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The female abdomen shows more brown and the spots are smaller.
migrant hawker
male
migrant hawker
female; very long appendages
migrant hawker
An immature male. Difficult to differentiate from immature female. The appendages and body shape give clues.
migrant hawker
An immature female. In immatures, the blue areas are replaced by yellow.
migrant hawker
male
migrant hawker pair
They seem to be a sociable species and are often found in small groups. Both sexes have a yellow mark in s2 that resembles a long golf tee.


in flight
migrant hawker
migrant hawker
Male in flight. Both sexes have strong yellow stripes on the side of the thorax but those on the top are fairly insignificant. The appendages are very long.


mating
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