Southern Hawker

Aeshna cyanea

TQ4791 15/07/2017 ©Raymond Small

Large, solitary, and inquisitive. This hawker hunts along woodland paths often late into warm evenings and often away from water. Breeding takes place in well-vegetated ponds. Males are dark with bright blue and green markings. Occasionally males with all-blue markings occur. Females are brown with bright green markings. Immatures of both sexes have brown eyes and their bodies are brown with light yellow markings. 

TQ4793 19/08/2022 ©Mike Rumble

TQ4791 15/07/2017 ©Raymond Small

TQ4791 15/07/2017 ©Raymond Small

TQ4791 15/07/2017 ©Raymond Small

TQ4791 15/07/2017 ©Raymond Small

TQ4791 15/07/2017 ©Raymond Small

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