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Zosteraeschna
Zosteraeschna is the scientific name of a genus of dragonflies from the family Aeshnidae. These relatively large dragonflies are also known as hawkers. They are dark brown with yellow-green markings; On the abdomens of the males, much of the top of S2 and base of S3 are blue.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Friendly hawker
speciesZosteraeschna minuscula
Southern Highland Hawker
speciesZosteraeschna usambarica
Northern Highland Hawker
speciesZosteraeschna ellioti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 149160.