Azure Hawker vs Flat Wrack

Aeshna caerulea compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Azure Hawker	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Odonata (Odonata)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Aeshnidae	Fucaceae
Genus	Aeshna	Fucus
Species	Aeshna caerulea	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

Azure Hawker

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Azure Hawker	Flat Wrack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Azure Hawker

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).

Azure Hawker

The Azure Hawker (Aeshna caerulea) is a species in the genus Aeshna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.