Colin Varndell / Close up of head and thorax of male migrant hawker dragonfly (Aesgna mixta) Hartland Moor, Dorset, UK September

Ross Hoddinott / Migrant hawker dragonfly JUST emerged from pupa {Aeshna mixta} Cornwall, UK.

Robin Chittenden / Migrant Hawker Dragonflies (Aeshna mixta) mating. Whitlingham Country Park, Norfolk, UK, September.

Nature Production / Migrant hawker (Aeschna mixta) male, Japan

David Kjaer / Migrant Hawker dragonfly (Aeshna mixta latrielle) male in flight, Wiltshire, UK.

Russell Cooper / Male Migrant Hawker Dragonfly (Aeshna mixta) South London, UK, September

David Kjaer / Migrant Hawker dragonfly (Aeshna mixta latrielle) male resting, Wiltshire, England. August

David Kjaer / Migrant Hawker dragonfly (Aeshna mixta latrielle) male in flight, Wiltshire, England. August

David Kjaer / Migrant Hawker dragonfly (Aeshna mixta latrielle) male in flight, Wiltshire, England. August

John Waters / Migrant Hawker Dragonfly {Aeshna mixta} adult in flight over marshy pond, Somerset, UK

John Waters / Migrant Hawker Dragonfly {Aeshna mixta} adult in flight, Somerset, UK

Gary K. Smith / Migrant Hawker dragonfly {Aeshna mixta} mature male resting on blackberries in autumn hedgerow, Norfolk, UK, September

John Waters / Migrant Hawker Dragonfly {Aeshna mixta} in flight over marshes, Mendips, Somerset, UK

Nigel Bean / Migrant hawker {Aeshna mixta} mature male, Somerset, UK

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Migratory Locust (Locusta migratoria) laying eggs, Shiga, Japan

Chris Shields / Illustration of Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta), Aeshnidae. Endemic to North Africa and Europe.

Chris Shields / Illustration of Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta), Aeshnidae. Endemic to North Africa and Europe.

Robert Thompson / Migrant hawker dragonfly (Aeshna mixta) male at rest, Monks Wood, Cambridge, UK

Hans Christoph Kappel / Male Migrant hawker dragonfly {Aeshna mixta} Germany