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Yellow and blue dragon fly hanging from a branch, top

$Identification:\nTot 57-66mm, Ab 39-49mm, Hw 37-42mm.\nIn flight often confused with the related and similar small A. mixta. Ranges less far north, but also migratory and may be invasive in good summers.\nMales are often observed when making low patrols over drying wetlands, showing their noticeable bright colors. The males vivid blue eyes and abdomen and largely green thorax sides are especially distinctive.\nHabitat: Prefers standing waters that dry up over the course of Summer, often overgrown with low rushes, bulrushes or reeds.\nFlight Season: On average, emerges earlier than A. mixta. Seen mainly from May to August, especially in the later months.\nDistribution: Seldom abundant, and only permanently present around the Mediterranean, but scarce in much of Iberia and North Africa. Hot summer weather may lead to influxes further north. Occurs east to Mongolia.\n\nThis Picture is made in a Fen area in Flevoland in half August 2022 by high Summer temperatures.$

A Common Darter Dragonfly resting in sunlight

$Daytime side-view close-up of a single blue \$

Southern hawker, Aeshna cyanea, single insect in flight, Warwickshire, August 2023

This dragonfly is predominantly native to wetlands

A Southern Hawker Dragonfly hanging from a blackberry bush with wings open

Golden-ringed dragonfly on a plant, Cordulegaster boltonii

$Field characters: Tot 56-64mm, Ab 43-54mm, Hw 37-42mm. Distinctly smaller than most Aeshna species.\n\nThe commonest small hawker. Numerous in much of our area, and although it can be on the wing during most months in the Mediterranean, further north it is especially associated with late summer and autumn, when it may appear in massive migrations. It is usually identified by its size, relative dull colours and the diagnostic yellow \$

Close-up of an emperor dragonfly on a red background

close up flying southern hawker, blue dragonfly in the sky, green water, green pond, pollen on the lake, yellow damselfy in flight, wings insect, blue yellow insect, Aeshna cyanea

Aeshna cyanea Southern Hawker Dragonfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

The Common Darter is a small dragonfly that spends long periods perched on vegetation, walls, fences and even garden canes and washing lines. It suddenly darts out from its perch in pursuit of a fly and often returns to the same perch

A colorful dragonfly hovers above the calm water, showcasing the breathtaking beauty of natures wonders

A drgonfly on leaf with a small insect hitching a ride on its wing

Closeup of a southern or blue hawker Aeshna cyanea female dragonfly resting under leaves in a tree in a forest on a sunny day.

The common hawker, moorland hawker or sedge darner is one of the larger species of hawker dragonflies. It is native to Palearctic and northern North America. The flight period is from June to early October. It is 74 millimetres long with a brown body.

A female Black-tailed Skimmer resting on a tree branch

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