Aeshna mixta (male)
Aeshna mixta (male in flight)
Aeshna mixta (male in flight)
English name:	Migrant Hawker
Dutch name:	Paardenbijter
Photos taken in the Veerstalblokboezem near Gouda, NL, August 1995, and Voornes Duin (NL), 22nd of August, 2004

Note: The stripes on the shoulder (antehumeral stripes) most Aeshnids have are reduced to small dots with this species. On segment 1 there's a triangular, spike like spot. Small compared to other Aeshnids.
As the English name implies, these dragonflies are migratory. There's millions of them in the Netherlands each summer, but they don't reproduce here often: nearly all individuals found here in summer are born in countries more to the south.