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Dunkle, S.W. (2000) Dragonflies through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America. New York:Oxford University Press. Mead, Kurt. (2009) Dragonflies of the North Woods, Second Edition. Duluth, MN:Kollath+Stensaas Publ.
The migrant 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 end of October. A. mixta occurs in North Africa, southern and central Europe to the Baltic region.
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.
A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata.About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions.
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 ...
Adult Canada darners, similar to other members of the genus Aeshna, are relatively large, slender dragonflies, and are predominantly dark brown with paler blue or green markings. [4] [5] Adults are 64 to 73 mm in total length. [5] The thorax has two vertical stripes on each side, the front with a prominent notch and an extension at the top. [5]
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Aeshna crenata Hagen, 1856 – Siberian hawker [2] Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764) – blue hawker, [2] southern hawker [5] Aeshna eremita Scudder, 1866 – lake darner [7] Aeshna frontalis Navás, 1936; Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758) – brown hawker [5] Aeshna interrupta Walker, 1908 – variable darner [7] Aeshna isoceles – Norfolk Hawker