The mating ritual of the moorland hawker dragonfly—common around the ponds ... calls “an acrobatic aerial copulation.” While in flight, the female Aeshna juncea contorts so that her genitals ...

This dazzling dragonfly, also known as the blue-eyed hawker, is a recent arrival to Britain. The southern migrant hawker used to be an extremely rare migrant from the Mediterranean. It has become much ...