Blue-spotted Comet Darner vs Jointed Pricklypear

Anax concolor compared with Opuntia aurantiaca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-spotted Comet Darner	Jointed Pricklypear
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	Anax	Opuntia
Species	Anax concolor	Opuntia aurantiaca

Conservation Status

Blue-spotted Comet Darner

LC — Least Concern

Jointed Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-spotted Comet Darner	Jointed Pricklypear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-spotted Comet Darner

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Jointed Pricklypear

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Eswatini, Jamaica, Namibia, and South Africa.

Blue-spotted Comet Darner

The Blue-spotted Comet Darner (Anax concolor) is a species in the genus Anax. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.