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title: "Paardenbijter"
description: "Aeshna mixta — Insecten en spinnen. The migrant hawker or autumn hawker (Aeshna mixta) is one of the smaller species of hawker dragonflies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/migrant-hawker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Paardenbijter

> Aeshna mixta — Insecten en spinnen. The migrant hawker or autumn hawker (Aeshna mixta) is one of the smaller species of hawker dragonflies.

- Scientific name: *Aeshna mixta*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 15401
- Wikidata: [Q1193522](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193522)
- iNaturalist taxon: [93437](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/93437)

## Names

- en: Migrant Hawker
- de: Herbst-Mosaikjungfer
- es: Esna mixta
- fr: Æschne mixte
- nl: Paardenbijter
- pl: Żagnica jesienna

## Countries with the most observations

GB (4248), DE (1500), RU (1116), FR (1088), DK (1058), IT (702), BE (657), NL (617), ES (540), PL (378), UA (295), AT (271)

## Summary

The migrant hawker or autumn hawker (Aeshna mixta) is one of the smaller species of hawker dragonflies.  It can be found away from water but for breeding it prefers still or slow-flowing water and can tolerate brackish sites. The flight period is from July to the middle of November. A. mixta occurs in North Africa, southern and central Europe to southern Scandinavia and the Baltic region.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrant_hawker

## Photo

![Paardenbijter](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/migrant-hawker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hans Punte · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148965850

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/migrant-hawker?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).