Efterårs-mosaikguldsmed (Aeshna mixta)
• English name: Migrant Hawker
• German name: Herbst-Mosaikjungfer
• French name: Aeschne mixte
• Dutch name: Paardenbijter
• Swedish name: Höstmosaikslända
• Norwegian name: Høstøyenstikker
• Finnish name: Etelänukonkorento
• Danish name: Efterårs-mosaikguldsmed
• Italian name: Dragone autunnale
• Czech name: šídlo pestré
• Slovenian name: Bleda deva
• Bulgarian name: Есенен пъстролет
Efterårs-mosaikguldsmed (Aeshna mixta)
Not present
Present before 1990
Present after 1990
Present before and after 1990
Present after 2015
Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies
| General | • a large and common species, widespread throughout Europe (but largely absent from Scandinavia and rare in the British Isles) | |
| Classification | • suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies); family: Aeshnidae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern | |
| Scientific name | • Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805 | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Habitat | • still and slow-flowing waters with reedy borders | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 56-64 mm; hindwing: 37-42 mm | |
| Notes | • for a Hawker: medium-sized; about the same size as A. caerulea, A. affinis, A. isoceles and Brachytron pratense | |
| • typically flies in late summer and well into autumn | ||
| • aeshnids are 'fliers': they spend a lot of time on the wing and seldom hang up for a rest | ||
| Both sexes | Thorax | ➤ the thorax is brown with yellow patches on the side |
| • the antehumeral stripe is yellow and very short | ||
| Abdomen | ➤ S2 bears a yellow T-shaped mark | |
| Male | Abdomen | • the abdomen is dark brown with blue spots dorsally |
| Female | Abdomen | • the abdomen is brown with yellow spots dorsally |
| Photographs | • the photos below were made in Italy, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium |
LineDrawing: the male's head, thorax and abdomen in lateral view, and the male's abdominal segments 1-3 in dorsal view.
