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The migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta) is one of the smaller species of hawker dragonflies. It can be found away from water but for breeding it prefers still or slow-flowing water and can tolerate brackish sites. The flight period is from July to the end of October. A. mixta occurs in North Africa, southern and central Europe to the Baltic region.
The adults of the southern hawker feed on various insects, caught on the wing. This is an inquisitive species and will approach people. [5] These dragonflies breed in still or slow-flowing water. The males are often seen patrolling by a ponds edge or river, where they fight away intruders, crashing into rival males and spiralling through the air.
Aeshna affinis, the southern migrant hawker or blue-eyed hawker, is a dragonfly found in southern Europe and Asia. It is in the family Aeshnidae and is very similar in appearance to A. mixta . Identification
The Azure hawker dragonfly. Also spotted for the second time was an Azure Hawker, a “brightly colored” insect, identifiable by blue spots on its abdomen.
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Migrant hawker, Aeshna mixta, has the long, slender abdomen of aeshnid dragonflies. The abdomen is long and slender and consists of 10 segments. Three terminal appendages are on segment 10; a pair of superiors (claspers) and an inferior.
Common worldwide or nearly worldwide genera are Aeshna and Anax. Anax includes some of the largest dragonflies, including the North American A. walsinghami, Hawaiian A. strenuus, European A. imperator and A. immaculifrons, and African A. tristis, but these are all exceeded by another member of the family, the Asian Tetracanthagyna plagiata, which by wingspan and weight is the world's largest ...
Aeshna crenata Hagen, 1856 – Siberian hawker [2] Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764) – blue hawker, [2] southern hawker [5] Aeshna eremita Scudder, 1866 – lake darner [7] Aeshna frontalis Navás, 1936; Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758) – brown hawker [5] Aeshna interrupta Walker, 1908 – variable darner [7] Aeshna isoceles – Norfolk Hawker