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| taxon = Aeshna juncea
| taxon = Aeshna juncea
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| synonyms = ''Aeshna rustica'' <small>Zetterstedt, 1840</small><br>''Aeshna undulata'' <small>Bartenev, 1930</small><br>''Libellula juncea'' <small>L. 1758</small>
| synonyms = ''Aeshna rustica'' <small>Zetterstedt, 1840</small><br />''Aeshna undulata'' <small>Bartenev, 1930</small><br />''Libellula juncea'' <small>L. 1758</small>
| range_map = Distribution of Aeshna juncea.png
| range_map = Distribution of Aeshna juncea.png
| range_map_caption = Range of ''Aeshna juncea''
| range_map_caption = Range of ''Aeshna juncea''
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The '''common hawker''',<ref name=BDS>{{cite web|title=Common Hawker|url=http://www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/common-hawker|publisher=[[British Dragonfly Society]]|accessdate=11 June 2011}}</ref> '''moorland hawker'''<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> or '''sedge darner'''<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> ('''''Aeshna juncea''''') is one of the larger species of hawker [[Dragonfly|dragonflies]]. It is native to [[Palearctic]] (from Ireland to Japan) and northern [[North America]]. The flight period is from June to early October.
The '''common hawker''',<ref name=BDS>{{cite web|title=Common Hawker|url=http://www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/common-hawker|publisher=[[British Dragonfly Society]]|access-date=11 June 2011}}</ref> '''moorland hawker'''<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> or '''sedge darner'''<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> ('''''Aeshna juncea''''') is one of the larger species of hawker [[Dragonfly|dragonflies]]. It is native to [[Palearctic]] (from Ireland to Japan) and northern [[North America]]. The flight period is from June to early October.


It is {{convert|74|mm}} long with a brown body. The male has a black abdomen with paired blue and yellow spots on each abdominal segment, and narrow stripes along the [[Dorsum (biology)|dorsal]] surface of the [[thorax]]. In the female, the [[abdomen]] is brown with yellow or sometimes green or blue spots. The wings of both sexes display a yellow costa (the major vein running along the leading edge of the wings). This species lacks the green thorax stripes of the [[southern hawker]].
It is {{convert|74|mm}} long with a brown body. The male has a black abdomen with paired blue and yellow spots on each abdominal segment, and narrow stripes along the [[Dorsum (biology)|dorsal]] surface of the [[thorax]]. In the female, the [[abdomen]] is brown with yellow or sometimes green or blue spots. The wings of both sexes display a yellow costa (the major vein running along the leading edge of the wings). This species lacks the green thorax stripes of the [[southern hawker]].
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* {{ITIS |id=185981 |taxon=''Aeshna juncea'' |accessdate=6 February 2006}}
* {{ITIS |id=185981 |taxon=''Aeshna juncea'' |accessdate=6 February 2006}}
* {{cite web|title=''Aeshna juncea''|url=http://www.habitas.org.uk/dragonflyireland/5624.htm|publisher=DragonflyIreland|accessdate=11 June 2011}}
* {{cite web|title=''Aeshna juncea''|url=http://www.habitas.org.uk/dragonflyireland/5624.htm|publisher=DragonflyIreland|access-date=11 June 2011}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Commons inline|Aeshna juncea|''Aeshna juncea''}}
* {{Commons-inline|Aeshna juncea|''Aeshna juncea''}}
* {{Wikispecies inline|Aeshna juncea|''Aeshna juncea''}}
* {{Wikispecies-inline|Aeshna juncea|''Aeshna juncea''}}


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[[Category:Dragonflies of Europe]]
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Revision as of 02:02, 14 October 2023

Common hawker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Aeshna
Species:
A. juncea
Binomial name
Aeshna juncea
Range of Aeshna juncea
Synonyms

Aeshna rustica Zetterstedt, 1840
Aeshna undulata Bartenev, 1930
Libellula juncea L. 1758

The common hawker,[2] moorland hawker[1] or sedge darner[1] (Aeshna juncea) is one of the larger species of hawker dragonflies. It is native to Palearctic (from Ireland to Japan) and northern North America. The flight period is from June to early October.

It is 74 millimetres (2.9 in) long with a brown body. The male has a black abdomen with paired blue and yellow spots on each abdominal segment, and narrow stripes along the dorsal surface of the thorax. In the female, the abdomen is brown with yellow or sometimes green or blue spots. The wings of both sexes display a yellow costa (the major vein running along the leading edge of the wings). This species lacks the green thorax stripes of the southern hawker.

Female common hawkers will sometimes dive out of the sky and feign death in order to avoid copulating with males.[3][4]

Male hovering

References

  1. ^ a b c Boudot, J.-P. (2017). "Aeshna juncea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T165518A65835376. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T165518A65835376.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Common Hawker". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Female dragonflies fake sudden death to avoid male advances". New Scientist. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  4. ^ Khelifa, Rassim (2017-06-01). "Faking death to avoid male coercion: extreme sexual conflict resolution in a dragonfly". Ecology. 98 (6): 1724–1726. doi:10.1002/ecy.1781. ISSN 1939-9170. PMID 28436995. S2CID 42601970.


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