Friendly hawker
Introduction: Friendly Hawkers (Aeshna minuscula) live in streams with overhanging vegetation in higher terrain.
Distribution: Records exist from Tsintsabis and the Otjiwarongo area and the Naukluft Mountains.
Colouration: Contrasting colouration of the thorax with yellow-green bands obvious between brownish background colours.
Breeding: Only 1 breeding location is known in the Namib-Naukluft Park where exuviae occurred in sedges at the edge of a deep pool.
Flight season: No data available.
Max size: Minuscula refers to the female's appendages, which are characteristic short at 2mm.
Conservation: The most threatened species in Namibia.
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