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Photo: Sheila Knight
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UK
Safari Tip:
To help you identify dragonflies and damselflies there's a beautifully
illustrated fold out chart in the Nature Shop - click
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Latin name: Aeshna mixta
Size: Wingspan approximately 80mms
Distribution: Found in many areas of England and Wales. Rare in Scotland.
Range expanding.
Months seen: July to November
Food: Insects
Habitat: Woodland ponds, garden ponds and often seen hawking along
woodland rides.
Special features: Feeds mainly in the afternoon and evening. When
perched they hang vertically to catch as much sunlight as possible.
The male (above) is brown with blue markings. The female is brown with yellow
markings.
 This
photo (left) shows a juvenile male which is brown with greyish markings.
Migrant Hawker Exuviae
UK Safari Dragonfly Section
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