#3720 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Sedge Darner

🇳🇱 Venglazenmaker ·Aeshna juncea

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Herbert Stadelmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Pål A. Olsvik · CC BY 4.0
3. © a_anctil · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Владимир Онишко · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Bald Mountain Brook Meadow, Mt. Carleton Provincial Park, Northumberland County, NB, Canada:© Stuart Tingley · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Russia, Republic of Dagestan, Agul District, the valley of a right tributary of the Chiragchay River 2 km SW of Dirikhazra village:© Oleg Kosterin · CC BY 4.0
7. White Sea, Primorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, RU:© mrmuhna · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Capitale-Nationale, QC, Canada:© adriend · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Thunder Bay District, ON, Canada:© Michael Butler · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 中国陕西省宝鸡市凤县:© sunwenhao90 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common hawker , moorland hawker or sedge darner ( Aeshna juncea ) is one of the larger species of hawker dragonflies. It is native to Palearctic (from Ireland to Japan) and northern North America. The flight period is from June to early October.

base stats

NL sightings 19iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,649iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).