Brown Hawker
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Aeshna grandis
Common & widespread around Britain & Ireland.
Absent from the north & south west.
The body is brown marked with yellow stripes in the thorax and the wings are tinged brown.
Males have small markings of blue and yellow and are noticeably waisted, and the Females have small yellow markings.
The nymphs are long and streamlined, 40–46 mm (1.6–1.8 in) in length, with banded legs, stripes on the head and thorax, a wide facial mask and a spine on each side of the sixth abdominal segment.
Flies from June-September.