Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Insects › Darners

Azure Darner

Aeshna septentrionalis

Learn Azure Darner freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) dickcannings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 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.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 19, February 14, March 21, April 34, May 49, June 53, July 57, August 49, September 36, October 27, November 15, December 11.
Canada563
United States384
Alaska384
Northwest Territories78
Yukon64
Quebec53
Manitoba50
British Columbia46
Ontario31
Newfoundland and Labrador24

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

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderDragonflies and Damselflies · Odonata
FamilyDarners · Aeshnidae
GenusHawkers and Typical Darners · Aeshna

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Azure Darner with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free accountHow it works