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Aeshna, [2] or the mosaic darners, is a genus of dragonflies from the family Aeshnidae. Species within this genus are generally known as "hawkers" ( Old World ) or "darners" ( New World ). Description
Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820 †Aeshna andancensi Nel & Brisac, 1994; Aeshna annulata Fabricius, 1798 (doubtful species) Aeshna athalia Needham, 1930; Aeshna brevistyla Rambur, 1842; Aeshna caerulea (Ström, 1783) Aeshna canadensis Walker, 1908 †Aeshna caseneuvensis Nel et al., 2022 †Aeshna cerdanica Nel & Martínez-Delclòs, 1994 ...
The azure hawker (Aeshna caerulea) is one of the smaller species of hawker dragonflies, (family Aeshnidae). The flight period is from late May to August It is about 62 mm long. Both sexes have azure blue spots on each abdominal segment and the thorax also has azure markings. The markings on the male are brighter and more conspicuous than in the ...
Common worldwide or nearly worldwide genera are Aeshna and Anax. Anax includes some of the largest dragonflies, including the North American A. walsinghami, Hawaiian A. strenuus, European A. imperator and A. immaculifrons, and African A. tristis, but these are all exceeded by another member of the family, the Asian Tetracanthagyna plagiata, which by wingspan and weight is the world's largest ...
Aeshna cyanea can reach a body length of about 70 millimetres (2.8 in), [5] with a wingspan up to 110 millimetres (4.3 in). [6] It is a large, brightly coloured dragonfly, with a long body. The thorax is brown, with two ante-humeral wide green longitudinal stripes. On the forehead there is a black spot in the form of the letter T.
The blue-eyed darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor, syn. Aeshna multicolor) is a common dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; native to the western United States, it is commonly sighted in the sagebrush steppe of the Snake River Plain, occurring east to the Midwest from central Canada and the Dakotas south to west Texas and Oklahoma.
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The common hawker, [2] moorland hawker [1] or sedge darner [1] (Aeshna juncea) is one of the larger species of hawker dragonflies. It is native to Palearctic (from Ireland to Japan) and northern North America. The flight period is from June to early October. It is 74 millimetres (2.9 in) long with a brown body.