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Siberian Hawker
Aeshna crenata
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Sedge DarnerAeshna junceaStudy checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,182 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 1,182 |
| Russia | 788 |
| Arkhangelsk Oblast | 206 |
| Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 102 |
| Leningrad oblast | 64 |
| Primorsky Krai | 50 |
| Japan | 46 |
| Krasnoyarsk Krai | 46 |
| Finland | 32 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Dragonflies and Damselflies · Odonata |
| Family | Darners · Aeshnidae |
| Genus | Hawkers and Typical Darners · Aeshna |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Siberian Hawker with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.