Azure Hawker vs Floating Fern

Aeshna caerulea compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

Azure Hawker is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Azure Hawker	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Odonata (Odonata)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Aeshnidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Aeshna	Salvinia
Species	Aeshna caerulea	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Azure Hawker

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Azure Hawker	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.