#3675 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Migrant Hawker

🇳🇱 Paardenbijter ·Aeshna mixta

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ronald Werson · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Irmantas Šalaševičius · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © jjulio2000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Bernd Bäumler · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 8861 BS Harlingen, Nederland:© no rights reserved · CC0
7. Vinkenlaan, Delft, Zuid-Holland, NL:© tamma · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 6024 Budel-Dorplein, Netherlands:© marcel-silvius · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Nationalpark Lauwersmeer, Munnekezijl, Fryslân, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Goedereede, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The migrant hawker ( Aeshna mixta ) 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.

base stats

NL sightings 645iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,474iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 645 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #14 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
16,474 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pierre André Latreille in 1805 (221 years ago).