Azure Hawker vs Japanese Maple

Aeshna caerulea compared with Acer palmatum

Key Differences

Azure Hawker is Least Concern while Japanese Maple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Azure Hawker	Japanese Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Odonata (Odonata)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Aeshnidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Aeshna	Acer
Species	Aeshna caerulea	Acer palmatum

Conservation Status

Azure Hawker

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Azure Hawker	Japanese Maple
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.

Japanese Maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia, Turkey), Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.