Aeshna cyanea (Muller, 1764)
(Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
GenusAeshna (hawker dragonflies, aeshna dragonflies)
FamilyAESHNIDAE (emperor and hawker dragonflies)
SuborderANISOPTERA (dragonflies)
OrderODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies)
InfraclassPalaeoptera (dragonflies, damselflies and mayflies)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker) :
1: Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
26 May 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
4 exuvia on emergent vegetation on garden pond
Image 1: Exuvia - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Exuvia - dorsal view - white background (2)Image 3: Exuvia - dorso-lateral view - white backgroundImage 4: Exuvia - lateral view - white backgroundImage 5: Exuvia - lateral view - white background (2)Image 6: Exuvia - lateral view - white background (3)Image 7: Two exuvia - latero-dorsal views - white backgroundImage 8: Exuvial mask - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Exuvial mask - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
27 Jul 2006 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Newly emerged female - crippled (right forewing lost during emergence)
Image 1: Crippled female - on leaf - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Crippled female - on slab - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Crippled female with exuvia for size comparison - close-up
3: Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
30 Aug 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
came indoors through open patio door
Image 1: Body - dorsal - close-upImage 2: Dorsal viewImage 3: Head and thorax - dorsalImage 4: Ventral viewImage 5: WingsImage 6: Head - anterior - enlargedImage 7: Tail - dorsal - enlargedImage 8: Tail - lateral - enlargedImage 9: Thorax - dorsal - enlargedImage 10: Thorax - lateral - enlargedImage 11: Tail - dorsal - magnifiedImage 12: Tail - lateral - magnified
4: Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
12 Oct 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Top viewImage 2: Top view - close-upImage 3: Top view - close-up (2)
5: Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
19 Aug 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Head and thorax - close-upImage 2: top surface
6: Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
15 Jul 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Adult - damaged - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - damaged - head and thoraxImage 3: Adult - damaged - lateral viewImage 4: Adult - damaged - lateral view - close-up
7: Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
3 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Exuvia . Photos: Exuvia
Image 1: Exuvia - abdomen - side viewImage 2: Exuvia - abdomen - terminalia (from above)Image 3: Exuvia - abdomen - undersideImage 4: Exuvia - abdomen - underside - tipImage 5: Exuvia - lateral viewImage 6: Exuvia - lateral view (2)Image 7: Head - with mask removedImage 8: Mask - uppersideImage 9: Mask - underside
8: Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
22 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Exuvia, near pond . Photos: Exuvia, mask
Image 1: Exuvia - dorsal viewImage 2: Exuvia - lateral viewImage 3: Mask - dorsal viewImage 4: Mask - ventral view
9: Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
22 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Recently emerged male . Photos: Exivia
Image 1: Exuvia abdomen - undersideImage 2: Exuvia head - top viewImage 3: Exuvia - lateral viewImage 4: Exuvia mask - upper and lower side
10: Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
15 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Exuvia on Typha angustifolia? by pond . Photos: Exuvia, mask
Image 1: Exuvia - lateral viewImage 2: Mask - dorsalImage 3: Mask - ventral
11: Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
1 Nov 1975 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Exuvia
Image 1: FaceImage 2: Mask - in positionImage 3: Mask - top view
12: Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
4 Oct 1975 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Exuvia . Photos: Exuvia
Image 1: Exuvia - lateral viewImage 2: Exuvia - ventral view

Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Aeshna cyanea (Blue Hawker, Southern Hawker)
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