Canada darner
Aeshna crenata Hagen, 1856
Status not recordeddragonflies
The canada darner (Aeshna crenata) is a species in the family Aeshnidae, order Odonata. Recorded adults reach 7.85 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the canada darner
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 7.85 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- freshwater, wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the canada darner?
Where does the canada darner live?
Not recorded
Is the canada darner 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 canada darner classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderOdonata
- familyAeshnidae
- genusAeshna
- SpeciesAeshna crenata Hagen, 1856
Synonyms Aeschna crenata, Aeschna crenata subsp. wnukowskii, Aeschna gigas, Aeschna maxima, Aeschna nigroflava, Aeschna translucidata, Aeshna johnsoni, Aeshna nigroflava
Other names and names in other languages (15)
- Siberian hawkerEnglish
- Sibirisk MosaikguldsmedDanish
- Sibirische MosaikjungferGerman
- Siberi tondihobuEstonian
- isoukonkorentoFinnish
- Æschne créneléeFrench
- Aeschne créneléeFrench
- オオルリボシヤンマJapanese
- 참별박이왕잠자리Korean
- Šiaurinis laumžirgisLithuanian
- Siberische glazenmakerDutch
- Коромысло зубчатоеRussian
- Коромысло городчатоеRussian
- Коромысло сибирскоеRussian
- sibirisk mosaiksländaSwedish
Relatives of the canada darner
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
CompareCanada darner vs Southern hawkerCanada darner vs Common AeshnaCanada darner vs Brown AeshnaCanada darner vs Scarce Aeshna
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the canada darner?
An adult canada darner measures 7.85 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the canada darner?
The canada darner (Aeshna crenata) 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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note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
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