Brown Hawker

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Brown Hawker

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Aeshna
Species: A. grandis
Binomial name
Aeshna grandis
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Brown Hawker (Aeshna grandis) is one of the larger species of hawker dragonfly. The flight period is from June to the end of October.

It is 73 mm long with a brown body and amber wings. The male has blue spots on abdomen segments 2 and 3. This species is highly territorial and will defend its stretch of water against all comers.

Female Brown Hawker, using her ovipositor to lay eggs in a mud bank.
Female Brown Hawker, using her ovipositor to lay eggs in a mud bank.


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