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Common Hawker male / Aeshna juncea male

Common Hawker male / Aeshna juncea male

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Common Hawker male / Aeshna juncea male

Common Hawker/ Aeshna Juncea/ Venglazenmaker / Torf-Mosaikjungfer.

The Common Hawker is most often seen hawking over breeding areas and along the edges of woodland. This is a bog and moorland species breeding in small acid pools.

KEY IDENTIFICATION FEATURES:

-Males have a black abdomen with paired blue and yellow spots
-In males the abdomen has a constricted waist
-Narrow antehumeral stripes in males
-Broad eye contact
-Females usually have a brown abdomen with yellow spots (although the spots can also be green or blue).
-In both sexes the yellow costa is diagnostic though not obvious in flight.

Source: http://www.habitas.org.uk/dragonflyireland/5624.htm

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