Green hawker
Aeshna viridis Eversmann, 1836
Status not recordeddragonflies
The green hawker (Aeshna viridis) is a species in the family Aeshnidae, order Odonata. Recorded adults reach 7.5 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the green hawker
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 6.5 cm – 7.5 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
- 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 green hawker?
Where does the green hawker live?
Not recorded
Is the green 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 green hawker classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderOdonata
- familyAeshnidae
- genusAeshna
- SpeciesAeshna viridis Eversmann, 1836
Synonyms Aeschna virens
Other names and names in other languages (18)
- šídlo zelenéCzech
- Grøn mosaikguldsmedDanish
- Grüne MosaikjungferGerman
- Rohe-tondihobuEstonian
- viherukonkorentoFinnish
- Æschne verteFrench
- Aeschne verteFrench
- Zeleni kraljCroatian
- kolokán-karcsúacsaHungarian
- Žaliasis laumžirgisLithuanian
- vassaloelibelleNorwegian Bokmål
- Groene glazenmakerDutch
- Żagnica zielonaPolish
- Коромысло зелёноеRussian
- Zelena devaSlovenian
- Zeleni kraljevićSerbian
- grön mosaiksländaSwedish
- Коромисло зеленеUkrainian
Relatives of the green 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
Bog hawker
Aeshna subarctica
CompareGreen hawker vs Southern hawkerGreen hawker vs Common AeshnaGreen hawker vs Brown AeshnaGreen hawker vs Scarce Aeshna
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the green hawker?
An adult green hawker measures 6.5 cm – 7.5 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the green hawker?
The green hawker (Aeshna viridis) 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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