Blue-spotted Comet Darner vs lime prickly-ash

Anax concolor compared with Zanthoxylum fagara

Key Differences

• Blue-spotted Comet Darner is Least Concern while lime prickly-ash is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-spotted Comet Darner	lime 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	Anax	Zanthoxylum
Species	Anax concolor	Zanthoxylum fagara

Conservation Status

Blue-spotted Comet Darner

LC — Least Concern

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-spotted Comet Darner	lime prickly-ash
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.

lime prickly-ash

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia