Azure Hawker vs Jointed Charlock

Aeshna caerulea compared with Raphanus raphanistrum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Azure Hawker	Jointed Charlock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Odonata (Odonata)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Aeshnidae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Aeshna	Raphanus
Species	Aeshna caerulea	Raphanus raphanistrum

Conservation Status

Azure Hawker

LC — Least Concern

Jointed Charlock

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Azure Hawker	Jointed Charlock
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.

Jointed Charlock

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (17 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (7 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.