Boyeria irene (Western Spectre/Dusk Hawker)

I saw my first suspect hawking tirelessly around our campsite at Maussane-les-Alpilles in Provence. Though I watched in the early evening for some time, it never settled and the confused background confounded my attempts at an in-flight shot.

Finally, in 2025, I found it flying, agtain tirelessly, over a stream in Maussane-les-Alpilles. This time I managed to use my camera’s technilogy to capture vaguely recognisable shots in the dim light. They aren’t great but here they are.

Id Notes

• mosaic-like abdominal markings but quite subdued colouration, “camouflage-like”
• green eyes
• dark smudges on wing tips
• flies quite late into the evening when it tends to fly in the open

male