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Id | 1010 | ||||||||||||
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Blue-eyed Hawker (Aeshna affinis) Sydlig Mosaikguldsmed (dk) Esna Zafiro (es) Klarblå Mosaikslända (se) |
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Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark
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Date | 2022-07-29 | ||||||||||||
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Imago. ♂. At the ramp leading to the bike/pedestrian bridge crossing the highway, along Fasanskovvejen. I had strayed off track and was forced to follow the fence along the highway because of the water-filled channel running along Fasanskovvejen. Just below the ramp, out of the southern wind, this hawker suddenly took flight in front of me. Migrants and Blues are present now, but somehow it looked different. The colors were better for the Blue Emperor, but it looked too small and when in turned around and started patrolling low, I could see that it looked interesting with the blue eye. It wouldn't sit, but kept flying in front of me, and at one point it accelerated and flew up in the air, where another animal had arrived. They looked the same size, but I couldn't get a hold on them before they disappeared. But then the first one, assuming, came back and started patrolling again, and I got these photos to confirm this new species for me! The hawker pattern on the abdomen, together with an all-green thorax with narrow black lines on the side plus the strong blue eye is what make it this species. It's a species that's spreading north with the climate changes, why it is not a major rarity, but still, it's cool to find one. And even more so here, because from last year I had programmed my scouting brain for another habitat, pond with strong vegetation around it. This was at the edge of a 'sedge-field' that had dried out. But there is no actual pond or water body near here. I'm sure the animal was resting, when I flushed it, and it probably returned to sit somewhere, when I lost it. And with that, I'm speculating whether it will be there tomorrow or not. Last year the two animals I tried to twitch only stayed for one day, so I'm not expecting anything, but will give it a try tomorrow again. Did so, but it was not to be found. I included the first photo because it superficially reminds me of a Lesser Emperor with the dark thorax and clear blue S1-2. |
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