Blue Aeshna
Aeshna caerulea (Ström, 1783)
Status not recordeddragonflies
The blue aeshna (Aeshna caerulea) is a species in the family Aeshnidae, order Odonata. Recorded adults reach 6.4 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the blue aeshna
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 5.4 cm – 6.4 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the blue aeshna?
Where does the blue aeshna live?
Not recorded
Is the blue aeshna endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the blue aeshna classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderOdonata
- familyAeshnidae
- genusAeshna
- SpeciesAeshna caerulea (Ström, 1783)
Synonyms Aeschna borealis, Aeschna caerulea, Aeschna coerulea, Aeshna borealis, Aeshna caerluea, Aeshna caerula, Aeshna coerulea, Libellula caerulea, Libellula squamata
Other names and names in other languages (28)
- Azure hawkerEnglish
- Azure hawker dragonflyEnglish
- šídlo horskéCzech
- Gwas Neidr AsurWelsh
- Gweision Neidr AsurWelsh
- Azurblå MosaikguldsmedDanish
- Nordisk MosaikguldsmedDanish
- AlpenmosaikjungferGerman
- Alpen-MosaikjungferGerman
- Südliche MosaikjungferGerman
- taiga-tondihobuEstonian
- pohjanukonkorentoFinnish
- Æschne azuréeFrench
- Aeschne azuréeFrench
- tarbh-nathrach liathScottish Gaelic
- tairbh-nathrach liathaScottish Gaelic
- Dragone azzurroItalian
- fjellibelleNorwegian Bokmål
- fjelløyenstikkerNorwegian Bokmål
- AzuurglazenmakerDutch
- Żagnica północnaPolish
- Коромысло голубоеRussian
- Коромысло чешуйчатоеRussian
- duottarskážasNorthern Sami
- šidlo belaséSlovak
- šotna devaSlovenian
- ledeni kraljevićSerbian
- fjällmosaiksländaSwedish
Relatives of the blue aeshna
Other species in the same genus Aeshna.
Southern hawker
Aeshna cyanea
Common Aeshna
Aeshna juncea
Brown Aeshna
Aeshna grandis
Scarce Aeshna
Aeshna mixta
Blue-eyed hawker
Aeshna affinis
Green hawker
Aeshna viridis
CompareBlue Aeshna vs Southern hawkerBlue Aeshna vs Common AeshnaBlue Aeshna vs Brown AeshnaBlue Aeshna vs Scarce Aeshna
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the blue aeshna?
An adult blue aeshna measures 5.4 cm – 6.4 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the blue aeshna?
The blue aeshna (Aeshna caerulea) belongs to the family Aeshnidae in the order Odonata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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