Azure Hawker vs Sour Prickle

Aeshna caerulea compared with Opuntia dillenii

Key Differences

• Azure Hawker is Least Concern while Sour Prickle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Azure Hawker	Sour Prickle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Odonata (Odonata)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Aeshnidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Aeshna	Opuntia
Species	Aeshna caerulea	Opuntia dillenii

Conservation Status

Azure Hawker

LC — Least Concern

Sour Prickle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Azure Hawker	Sour Prickle
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.

Sour Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), 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.