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A. mixta is a small aeshna which appears dark in flight. It is similar in appearance to other aeshnas but has a characteristic "golf-tee" shaped mark on the second segment of the abdomen (S2) which is diagnostic. In flight it looks like a small Emperor dragonfly with a blue abdomen which, when seen from the side, curves down.
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
A. affinis and A. mixta are very alike in appearance. Blue aeshna are frequently seen in late summer but there are not many positive identifications of either species on record. Aeshna isoceles often put into the genus Anaciaeschna, green-eyed hawker - this species flies early in the year and is the only brown aeshna found on Menorca. Can be ...
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
A blue-glazed faience dragonfly amulet was found by Flinders Petrie at Lahun, from the Late Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt. [97] For the Navajo, dragonflies symbolize pure water. Often stylized in a double-barred cross design, dragonflies are a common motif in Zuni pottery, as well as Hopi rock art and Pueblo necklaces. [98]: 20–26
Hairy dragonfly (Brachytron pratense) Southern hawker – Aeshna cyanea. Vagrant. Brown hawker (amber-winged hawker) – Aeshna grandis; Common hawker (moorland hawker) – Aeshna juncea; Migrant hawker (autumn hawker) – Aeshna mixta. Recent colonist. Emperor (blue emperor) – Anax imperator. Recent colonist.
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Azure hawker (Aeshna caerulea) Canada darner (Aeshna canadensis) Mottled darner (Aeshna clepsydra) Aeshna crenata; Southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea) Brown hawker (Aeshna grandis) Green-eyed hawker (Aeshna isoceles) Common hawker (Aeshna juncea) Migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta) Aeshna ossiliensis; Paddle-tailed darner (Aeshna palmata) Persephone's ...