Common Hawker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Family: Aeshnidae Genus: Aeshna Species: A. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Odonata is an order of Insects encompassing dragonflies (Anisoptera and damselflies (Zygoptera The hawkers (or darners in North America) (family Aeshnidae) include the largest dragonflies found in North America and Europe, and Aeshna is the scientific name of a Genus of dragonflies from the family Aeshnidae. juncea
Binomial name
Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Common Hawker or Sedge Darner (Aeshna juncea) is one of the larger species of hawker dragonflies, native throughout Eurasia and northern North America. Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for Anisoptera redirects here For the genus of trees see Anisoptera (tree. For the superstate in George Orwell 's novel see Nations of Nineteen Eighty-Four. The flight period is from June to early October.

It is 74 mm long with a brown body. The male has black abdomen with paired blue and yellow spots on each abdominal segment, and narrow stripes along the dorsal surface of the thorax. In Anatomy, the dorsum is the upper side of animals that typically run fly or swim in a horizontal position and the back side of animals (like humans that walk upright The thorax is a division of an Animal 's body that lies between the head and the Abdomen. In the female the abdomen is brown with yellow or sometimes green or blue spots. In Vertebrates such as Mammals the abdomen (belly constitutes the part of the body between the Thorax (chest and Pelvis. The wings of both sexes display a yellow costa (the major vein running along the leading edge of the wings). This species lacks the green thorax stripes of the Southern Hawker. The Southern Hawker ( Aeshna cyanea) known as the Blue Darner in the Western Hemisphere is a 70 mm long species of hawker Dragonfly.

Common Hawker (male) hovering.

References

Aeshna juncea (TSN 185981). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Integrated Taxonomic Information System ( ITIS) is a partnership designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the Taxonomy of biological Species Retrieved on 6 February 2006. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

• Aeshna juncea species information at Dragonfly Ireland

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