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Bird-beaked Hawker
Scientific name: Polycanthagyna ornithocephala
Habitat: pond with canopy cover
Body length: 73-78 mm
Distribution in Hong Kong: Tai Po Kau (population stability unknown)
Flight period in Hong Kong: unknown
Similar species: Tiger Hawker
Identification features:
1. Frons white
2. Compound eyes blue in male
3. Mesepisternum with “丄丄”-shaped green stripes
4. Abdomen dark brown in male with yellow stripes; the second to sixth abdominal segment reddish brown, and the seventh to tenth dark brown in female
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