I haven’t just seen a Migrant Hawker. Well, I have sort of..
I just identified a Migrant Hawker on somebodies blog and I thought that I better do a Migrant Hawker post in case he comes round to check me out. (hi Stephen) Fodrambler does not lie 🙂 🙂 🙂
The easiest identifying feature is the “Golf Tee” mark on the second segment of the abdomen. and that is diagnostic.
It has a brown costa (the leading edge of the wing) and almost non existent antehumeral stripes.
This next picture is not a Migrant Hawker this is a Southern Hawker. I am just using it to explain “antehumeral stripes” The Southern Hawker has very bold antehumerals (the two yellow stripes just behind it’s head.
Back to the migrant Hawker and here is a quick tour.
So that is my quick guide to identifying a Migrant Hawker.
Top.
Middle…
and this is the end of it.
Except for a couple of my very own drawings explaining Dragonfly anatomy for reference purposes only.
A Tramp in the Woods 
Fascinating.
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Thanks Gigi 🙂
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he’s got a pretty big handicap, considering most clubs are longer and bigger than him 😀
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You don’t find many of these animals sitting still on golf courses 🙂
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Love the name of this insect — and it’s beautiful as well!
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Thank you 🙂 I too have a deep love of such words as Migrant, worker, labour, hawker, I don’t know if we see the same things but I know Woody Guthrie just as well as I know George Orwell and I know Charles Dickens as well as I know Joe Hill and Pete Seeger.. In fact now I have just seen Pete’s face. Take care.
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your “likes” is loading too long, so I want to tell you here that I like this post.
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Thank you so much and I get what you are saying. Thank you for the like. 🙂 I will spank their little bottoms and hopefully we will have much less of this kind of thing in the future.. Dealt with?
Your pictures are lovely. I can’t tell you how to do macro but there are some good photographers around who can. My best to you – Colin
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The best to you too! Please don’t be too cruel to your “likes”. It might be that it’s my weak signal’s fault. 😉
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WOW! Magnificient macros….. and an interesting post to boot..:-)
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Thanks Ed 🙂
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