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Darners
Aeshnidae
The insect family Aeshnidae, sometimes called aeshnids, comprises the hawkers (or darners in North America). They are the largest dragonflies found in North America and Europe and are among the largest dragonflies on the planet. This family represents also the fastest flying dragonflies of the order of the dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata).
54 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 505 known species
Hawkers and Typical Darners
genusAeshna
Emperors and Green Darners
genusAnax
Neotropical Darners
genusRhionaeschna
Double-spined Darners and Duskhawkers
genusGynacantha
Epiaeschna
genusEpiaeschna
Spotted Darners
genusBoyeria
Isoaeschna
genusIsoaeschna
Adversaeschna
genusAdversaeschna
Austroaeschna
genusAustroaeschna
Pygmy Darners
genusGomphaeschna
Pilot Darners
genusCoryphaeschna
Brachytron
genusBrachytron
Basiaeschna
genusBasiaeschna
Three-spined Darners
genusTriacanthagyna
Nasiaeschna
genusNasiaeschna
Evening Darners
genusTelephlebia
Indaeschna
genusIndaeschna
Anaciaeschna
genusAnaciaeschna
Aeschnophlebia
genusAeschnophlebia
Remartinia
genusRemartinia
Caliaeschna
genusCaliaeschna
Notoaeschna
genusNotoaeschna
Austrogynacantha
genusAustrogynacantha
Austrophlebia
genusAustrophlebia
Zosteraeschna
genusZosteraeschna
Dromaeschna
genusDromaeschna
Pinheyschna
genusPinheyschna
Heliaeschna
genusHeliaeschna
Periaeschna
genusPeriaeschna
Neuraeschna
genusNeuraeschna
Sarasaeschna
genusSarasaeschna
Tetracanthagyna
genusTetracanthagyna
Staurophlebia
genusStaurophlebia
Riffle Darners
genusOplonaeschna
Cephalaeschna
genusCephalaeschna
Spinaeschna
genusSpinaeschna
Castoraeschna
genusCastoraeschna
Dendroaeschna
genusDendroaeschna
Acanthaeschna
genusAcanthaeschna
Oligoaeschna
genusOligoaeschna
Antipodophlebia
genusAntipodophlebia
Allopetalia
genusAllopetalia
Agyrtacantha
genusAgyrtacantha
Oreaeschna
genusOreaeschna
Limnetron
genusLimnetron
Petaliaeschna
genusPetaliaeschna
Andaeschna
genusAndaeschna
Plattycantha
genusPlattycantha
Gynacanthaeschna
genusGynacanthaeschna
Afroaeschna
genusAfroaeschna
Amphiaeschna
genusAmphiaeschna
Linaeschna
genusLinaeschna
Sundaeschna
genusSundaeschna
Racenaeschna
genusRacenaeschna
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 51469.