Migrant Hawker

Migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta)
These dragonflies are quite fast and it was quite a challenge to capture one in flight

comments (6)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

That's amazing. I've only captured hover flies in flight, but they keep quite still. Please, tell me how you did this :) Posted 12 years ago
1. Roeselien Raimond
  
  Snow Leopard
  
  Hi Ferdi,my AF isn't fast and accurate enough to capture fast and unpredictable creatures like these.
  That's why I switched to manual focus, which worked for me :D Posted 12 years ago

Frankhuizen Photography

Lion

Great capture during flight! Posted 12 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

As Ferdy says, amazing! That must have been some quick step done here, backwards:) Great capture. Posted 12 years ago

WildFlower

Lion

A perfect macro portrait in flight - amazing indeed! Posted 12 years ago

RMFelix

Lion

great shot* Posted 9 years ago

The Migrant Hawker

The Migrant Hawker 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.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies

Species identified by Roeselien Raimond