Migrant Hawker by Enmos

Photography • Macro • posted on Sep 03, 2004

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Thanks for viewing ! Comments are welcome... When i arrived at one of my shooting places yesterday i was quite amazed to see so much dragons flying around. There must have been hundreds... To my dissapointment they would rarely sit down, occasionally one would hang on a twig. I believe its an Migrant Hawker, Aeshna mixta but i cant be totally sure. Some info: Migrant Hawkers hunt low to the water, where they often clash and compete with Common Darters. The male is characterised by bright blue markings on the abdomen and yellow stripes on the thorax. Females are brown and black and much harder reliably to identify, mainly as they spend most time away from water. In sunny weather before the main oviposting season, swarms of immature males can often be seen hawking around open woodlands catching flying insects--a good time to see them is the ant flying season. Hope you like :o) Thanks for all your wonderful comments on my last upload, "One Legged Freak" !! Many thanks, Enmos

Comments (44)

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DJB

6:47PM | Fri, 03 September 2004

Sit down?? It looks like this one said, "go ahead I'll stay here as long as you take". Brilliant.The Bug Master

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Apophis906

8:50PM | Fri, 03 September 2004

Excellent capture here, brilliant colors. Just excellent work.

hammond73

10:29PM | Fri, 03 September 2004

The transparity and the make up of the wings is incredible. Another amazing photo Enmos.

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tesla

10:33PM | Fri, 03 September 2004

This is an awesome capture!!!Fantastic color!!!V

AgentMai

1:54AM | Sat, 04 September 2004

V Is that a photo, or there a dragonfly on my screen...I have never seen such clarity, I dont know how you do it, but it's amazing. The wings are like mosaic tiles, just beautiful! You deserve an award for this one. Excellent =)

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WandM

1:57AM | Sat, 04 September 2004

A stunning image. Love it!

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1pearl

3:36AM | Sat, 04 September 2004

Wow.... Vote !!!!! Excellent Photo !

Pierre59

3:50AM | Sat, 04 September 2004

Wow Jeroen extraordinaire cette dernie macro.... VOTE

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creanum

5:18AM | Sat, 04 September 2004

Wonderful, great capture......

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Mikan

4:18PM | Sun, 05 September 2004

long life for you, dear hunter!! :) exc. as always! :)

redpill

1:11AM | Tue, 07 September 2004

Beautiful shot, full of sharp details, excellent wing structure and body colors!!!

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odie

2:55PM | Thu, 16 September 2004

What a vision...If I might say so, this reminds me of Christ on the cross. It must be the way his "arms" are out completely...Willingly and alone he hung on till the end.

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