Dragonfly – Southern Hawker – Aeshna cyanea

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Dragonfly – Southern Hawker – Aeshna cyanea

The full taxonomy of the Southern Hawker Dragonfly is: –

  • Class – Insecta
  • Order – Odonata
  • Family – Anisoptera
  • Genus – Aeshna
  • Species – cyanea

The Southern Hawker Dragonfly is common across most of the UK.  It breeds in still water but can be found some distance from it.

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