Bog hawker
Aeshna subarctica Walker, 1908
Status not recordeddragonflies
The bog hawker (Aeshna subarctica) is a species in the family Aeshnidae, order Odonata. Recorded adults reach 7.6 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Canada and United States.
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Quick facts about the bog hawker
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 7 cm – 7.6 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
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Generations a year
- One every two years or moresrc for Generations a year
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 2 countriessrc for Countries on record
How big is the bog hawker?
Where does the bog hawker live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The bog hawker is listed for 2 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: WOL (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the bog hawker 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 bog hawker classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderOdonata
- familyAeshnidae
- genusAeshna
- SpeciesAeshna subarctica Walker, 1908
Synonyms Aeschna elisabethae, Aeschna subarctica, Aeschna subarctica interlineata, Aeshna elisabethae, Aeshna subarctica elisabethae, Aeshna subarctica interlineata, Aeshna subarctica interlineata, Aeshna subarctica interlineta
Other names and names in other languages (22)
- šídlo rašelinnéCzech
- Højmose-mosaikguldsmedDanish
- HochmoormosaikjungferGerman
- Hochmoor-MosaikjungferGerman
- raba-tondihobuEstonian
- suoukonkorentoFinnish
- Æschne SubarctiqueFrench
- Aeschne SubarctiqueFrench
- Libellule dragon subarctiqueFrench
- Dragone articoItalian
- イイジマルリボシヤンマJapanese
- Pelkinis laumžirgisLithuanian
- torvmoselibelleNorwegian Bokmål
- torvmoseøyenstikkerNorwegian Bokmål
- Noordse glazenmakerDutch
- Żagnica torfowcowaPolish
- Коромысло субарктическоеRussian
- šidlo rašelinnéSlovak
- mahovna devaSlovenian
- gorski kraljevićSerbian
- gungflymosaiksländaSwedish
- Subarctic Darnerroot
Relatives of the bog hawker
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
CompareBog hawker vs Southern hawkerBog hawker vs Common AeshnaBog hawker vs Brown AeshnaBog hawker vs Scarce Aeshna
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the bog hawker?
An adult bog hawker measures 7 cm – 7.6 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the bog hawker live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the bog hawker for 2 countries: Canada and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the bog hawker?
The bog hawker (Aeshna subarctica) belongs to the family Aeshnidae in the order Odonata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. 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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