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Id 3375
Title Hawkers (Aeshnidae) [dragonfly]
Blue-eyed Hawker (Aeshna affinis)
Sydlig Mosaikguldsmed (dk)   Esna Zafiro (es)   Klarblå Mosaikslända (se)  
Place Søvang, Denmark
Date 2025-09-06
Comment Imago. Male & Female. Vandhullet. Egg-laying.
I had seem them flying around earlier, but lost them. Then after a while, I could hear the wing-rustle, but it took a long time before I was able to spot them. Almost levelled out with the dry grass, and also: The male was struggling to get both of them free, but the female was trapped under a single straw of grass, and as long as he resisted of letting her go, nothing would happen. He finally did, when I came too close with the Cycloptical Canon Eye. The female stayed put for a while, as if trying to get a hold of herself before flying away or after the male, why I could easily grab her, and get the photos seen in 3374.

After I put her down, she took off, and the male was instantly over her again. Obviously they weren't finished, and later I flushed them again, but this time now only as a mating wheel. They flew far away this time when that happened...
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