Azure Hawker vs Lanceleaf rattlebox

Aeshna caerulea compared with Crotalaria lanceolata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Azure Hawker	Lanceleaf rattlebox
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Odonata (Odonata)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Aeshnidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Aeshna	Crotalaria
Species	Aeshna caerulea	Crotalaria lanceolata

Conservation Status

Azure Hawker

LC — Least Concern

Lanceleaf rattlebox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Azure Hawker	Lanceleaf rattlebox
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.

Lanceleaf rattlebox

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.