Azure Hawker? (1 Viewer)

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peteh

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• Jun 25, 2016

• #1

Hi,
I saw the attached today at Strontian in Ardnamurchan, Scotland
I am edging towards Azure Hawker as the costa wasn't yellow but pale brown and there's no yellow on the abdomen but when I compare it to some photos online of Azure hawkers it seems a bit different.
I read there is a blue form of the female so am wondering if its that possibly?

 

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Xenospiza

Distracted

• Jun 25, 2016

• #2

It's a Common Hawker for me (yellow leading edge of the wing for example).

 

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peteh

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• Jun 25, 2016

• #3

Xenospiza said:

It's a Common Hawker for me (yellow leading edge of the wing for example).

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i thought it looked pale Brown rather than the strong yellow of a common but happy to be wrong.

 

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aeshna5

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• Jun 26, 2016

• #4

Common Hawker for me too.

 

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peteh

Well-known member

• Jun 26, 2016

• #5

Thanks. I will go with that then.

 

Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• Jun 27, 2016

• #6

I'm trying to learn about Azure Hawker ID. Would I be right in saying that it can't be a female Azure Hawker because of the presence of antehumeral marks, and that it can't be a male Azure Hawker because the blue abdominal spots are too small?

Any other solid ID tips apart from the costa colour (which I find hard to see on Common Hawker in he field)?

 

Swindon Addick

Registered User

Supporter

• Jul 1, 2016

• #7

The blue form of female Common Hawker is relatively frequent in northern Scotland. I saw one on my highlands trip a couple of years ago which had me confused for ages.

 

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peteh

Well-known member

• Jul 4, 2016

• #8

Larry Sweetland said:

I'm trying to learn about Azure Hawker ID. Would I be right in saying that it can't be a female Azure Hawker because of the presence of antehumeral marks, and that it can't be a male Azure Hawker because the blue abdominal spots are too small?

Any other solid ID tips apart from the costa colour (which I find hard to see on Common Hawker in he field)?

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Since seeing that dragonfly I have read up a lot to make sure I am fully ready next time and it looks to me (I could be wrong) that the feature needed before anything else is the width of the markings on the side of the thorax.
Thin for Azure, wide for Common. My dragonfly had wide markings so now 100% happy it is a Common.