Scarce Aeshna
Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805
Status not recordeddragonflies
The scarce aeshna (Aeshna mixta) 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 scarce aeshna
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 5.6 cm – 6.4 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- freshwater, riverinesrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Generations a year
- Onesrc for Generations a year
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the scarce aeshna?
Where does the scarce aeshna live?
Not recorded
Is the scarce 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 scarce aeshna classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderOdonata
- familyAeshnidae
- genusAeshna
- SpeciesAeshna mixta Latreille, 1805
Synonyms Aeschna alpina, Aeschna coluberculus habermayeri, Aeschna habermayeri, Aeschna lucia, Aeschna mixta, Aeshna anglicana, Aeshna coluberculus, Aeshna habermayeri, Aeshna lucia, Libellula coluberculus
Other names and names in other languages (46)
- Migrant hawkerEnglish
- Migrant hawker dragonflyEnglish
- Scarce hawkerEnglish
- Jesenji kraljBosnian
- Espiadimonis tardorencCatalan
- šídlo pestréCzech
- Gwas Neidr MudolWelsh
- Gwas-Neidr TramorWelsh
- Gweision Neidr MudolWelsh
- EfterårsmosaikguldsmedDanish
- Efterårs-mosaikguldsmedDanish
- HerbstmosaikjungferGerman
- Herbst-MosaikjungferGerman
- Esna mixtaSpanish
- Esna Falso zafiroSpanish
- sügis-tondihobuEstonian
- etelänukonkorentoFinnish
- Æschne mixteFrench
- Aeschne mixteFrench
- L'aeschne MixteFrench
- tarbh-nathrach ballachScottish Gaelic
- tairbh-nathrach bhallachScottish Gaelic
- Libeliña de outonoGalician
- שומרן פסיפסיHebrew
- Jesenski kraljCroatian
- Nádi acsaHungarian
- kései karcsúacsaHungarian
- Dragone autunnaleItalian
- マダラヤンマJapanese
- 애별박이왕잠자리Korean
- Rudeninis LaumžirgisLithuanian
- høstøyenstikkerNorwegian Bokmål
- septemberlibelleNorwegian Bokmål
- PaardenbijterDutch
- Żagnica jesiennaPolish
- Tira-olhos outonalPortuguese
- Tira-olhos-outonalPortuguese
- Коромысло спутанноеRussian
- Šidlo pestréSlovak
- Bleda devaSlovenian
- MigruesjaAlbanian
- Jesenji kraljevićSerbian
- höstmosaiksländaSwedish
- brunribbad trollsländaSwedish
- Göçmen AvcıTurkish
- Коромисло малеUkrainian
Relatives of the scarce aeshna
Other species in the same genus Aeshna.
Southern hawker
Aeshna cyanea
Common Aeshna
Aeshna juncea
Brown Aeshna
Aeshna grandis
Blue-eyed hawker
Aeshna affinis
Green hawker
Aeshna viridis
Bog hawker
Aeshna subarctica
CompareScarce Aeshna vs Southern hawkerScarce Aeshna vs Common AeshnaScarce Aeshna vs Brown AeshnaScarce Aeshna vs Blue-eyed hawker
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the scarce aeshna?
An adult scarce aeshna measures 5.6 cm – 6.4 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the scarce aeshna?
The scarce aeshna (Aeshna mixta) 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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