Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Length
73mm, Wings 102mm.
Males
Thorax brown; abdomen brown with bright blue spots at sides; wings characteristically honey brown colour; legs pale brown.
Females
As males except blue spots on abdomen replaced with yellow markings.
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Habitat
Canals, ditches, lakes , ponds and slow rivers.
Behavior
Hunt late in day often catching prey by street light (photo of wings which were found on street pavement). Males patrol at head height. Females lay eggs alone into water plants or damp wood. Breeds in a variety of standing or slow moving water sites. Can be encountered several miles away from water feeding along woodland edges or rides.
Flight Period
The national flight period is from mid-June to early October. The East Riding flight period is detailed in the chart below and is based on current records.
Recorded at the Following Featured Locations
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- Walton Colliery Nature Park
- Pugneys Country Park
- The Arboretum, Kew at Castle Howard
- Nosterfield Local Nature Reserve
- Timble Ings
- Fairburn Ings
- High Batts Nature Reserve
- Ellington Banks MoD Training Area
- Johnny Brown's Common
- Potteric Carr
- Tranmire Bog
- Fen Bog
- Skipwith Common
- Saltmarshe Delph
- Pulfin and High Eske Nature Reserve
- Pocklington Canal
- Oak Road Lake, Hull
- North Cave Wetlands
- Market Weighton Canal and Newport Ponds
- Leven Canal
- Hornsea Mere
- Filey Dams
- Eastrington Ponds
- Broomfleet Washlands
- Bransholme Fishing Lake, East Hull
- Allerthorpe Common
- Tophill Low Nature Reserve