Azure Hawker vs winged prickly-ash

Aeshna caerulea compared with Zanthoxylum armatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Azure Hawker	winged prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Odonata (Odonata)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Aeshnidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Aeshna	Zanthoxylum
Species	Aeshna caerulea	Zanthoxylum armatum

Conservation Status

Azure Hawker

LC — Least Concern

winged prickly-ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Azure Hawker	winged prickly-ash
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.

winged prickly-ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Italy and Taiwan.

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.