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The beginning of the next generation of Migrant Hawkers,
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Southern Emerald Damselfly
Zwervende pantserjuffer
Leste sauvage
Lestes barbarus
Südliche Binsenjungfer
El caballito del diablo esmeralda
Vandrande smaragdflickslända
Pałątka południowa
Foltosszárnyjegyű rabló
A medium sized hawker flying in late summer to early autumn. It is also called as horsebiter, but that's only a name. They are eating insect such as flying ants.This species may be confused with Aeshna juncea. Feeds mainly in the afternoon and evening. When perched they hang vertically to catch as much sunlight as possible.
The male is brown with blue markings. The female (above) is brown with yellow markings.
Out doing stuff with Charlie, so will catch up from work tonight. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.
The Migrant Hawker 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.
One year, possibly even two years. The (first) winter is spent as an egg. Hatching occurs over a long period (no clear peak), from late June to late September.
The larval skins can be found up to several decimeters high on stems of bankside or embankment vegetation.
All kinds of stagnant and slow-flowing, often nutrient-rich and non-acidic waters. In the bankside zone or silted-up vegetation, between plant stems and dead plant material.
The larva can also develop in slightly brackish conditions.
In the Netherlands, the Migrant Hawker breeds in all types of stagnant water, including small and medium-sized ponds, pools, garden ponds, and ditches. It prefers waters with well-developed riparian vegetation, such as broad belts of reeds (Phragmites australis), cattails (Typha sp.), yellow irises (Iris pseudacorus), or rushes (Scirpus sp.), but reproduction also occurs in waters with peat moss (Sphagnum sp.), watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), and water soldier (Stratiotesaloides). The larvae can even develop in brackish water, such as (former) drinking wells, ponds, and small pools in Zeeland, South Holland, and the Wadden Islands.
Behind a market stall in Kunming, the capital of the Chinese province Yunnan