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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
The brown hawker (Aeshna grandis) is a large dragonfly about 73 millimetres (2.9 in) long. It is a distinctive species and is easily recognised, even in flight, by its brown body and bronze wings. At rest, blue spots on the second and third segments of the male's abdomen can be noticed; these are absent in female.
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.
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 canadensis, the Canada darner, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. It is common throughout southern Canada and the northern United States. [2] [3]
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 ...
Aeshna isoceles (or isosceles) is a small hawker dragonfly that is found in Europe, mostly around the Mediterranean, and the lowlands of North Africa. Its common name in English is green-eyed hawker .
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.