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Brown Aeshna

Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordeddragonflies

The brown aeshna (Aeshna grandis) is a species in the family Aeshnidae, order Odonata. Recorded adults reach 7.7 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the brown aeshna

Weight
Not recorded
Length
7 cm – 7.7 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
freshwatersrc 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
Not recorded

How big is the brown aeshna?

BROWN AESHNA · LENGTH 7.7 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 7.7 cm, the recorded maximum length of the brown aeshna is about 4.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the brown aeshna live?

Not recorded

Is the brown 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 brown aeshna classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOdonata
  5. familyAeshnidae
  6. genusAeshna
  7. SpeciesAeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Aeschna grandis, Aeschnura grandis, Aeshna linnaei, Libellula flavipennis, Libellula grandis, Libellula nobilis, Libellula quadrifasciata, Libellula rufa

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Brown hawkerEnglish
  • Brown hawker dragonflyEnglish
  • Jantarni kraljBosnian
  • šídlo velkéCzech
  • Gwas Neidr BrownWelsh
  • Gwas-Neidr BrownWelsh
  • Gweision Neidr BrownWelsh
  • Stor brun guldsmedDanish
  • Brun mosaikguldsmedDanish
  • Braune MosaikjungferGerman
  • suur-tondihobuEstonian
  • pruun-tondihobuEstonian
  • ruskoukonkorentoFinnish
  • Æschne grandeFrench
  • Aeschne grandeFrench
  • Grande AeschneFrench
  • Grande æschneFrench
  • Grande Aeschne (La)French
  • tarbh-nathrach ruadhScottish Gaelic
  • tairbh-nathrach ruadhaScottish Gaelic
  • Veliki kraljCroatian
  • nagy acsaHungarian
  • Dragone brunoItalian
  • Didysis laumžirgisLithuanian
  • brunlibelleNorwegian Bokmål
  • brun øyenstikkerNorwegian Bokmål
  • Bruine glazenmakerDutch
  • Żagnica wielkaPolish
  • Коромысло большоеRussian
  • šidlo veľkéSlovak
  • Rjava devaSlovenian
  • Veliki kraljevićSerbian
  • brun trollsländaSwedish
  • brun mosaiksländaSwedish
  • Коромисло великеUkrainian

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Relatives of the brown aeshna

Other species in the same genus Aeshna.

Bog hawker

Aeshna subarctica

AeshnidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the brown aeshna?

An adult brown aeshna measures 7 cm – 7.7 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the brown aeshna?

The brown aeshna (Aeshna grandis) 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.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown Aeshna (Aeshna grandis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-aeshna

MLA

“Brown Aeshna (Aeshna grandis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-aeshna.

BibTeX
@misc{brown_aeshna_2026,
  title = {Brown Aeshna (Aeshna grandis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-aeshna},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}