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title: "Southern Hawker"
description: "Aeshna cyanea — Insects & spiders. The southern hawker or blue hawker (Aeshna cyanea) is a species of hawker dragonfly."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/southern-hawker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Hawker

> Aeshna cyanea — Insects & spiders. The southern hawker or blue hawker (Aeshna cyanea) is a species of hawker dragonfly.

- Scientific name: *Aeshna cyanea*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 28803
- Wikidata: [Q505187](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q505187)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52519](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52519)

## Names

- en: Southern Hawker
- de: Blaugrüne Mosaikjungfer
- es: Esna verdeazulada
- fr: Æschne bleue
- nl: Blauwe glazenmaker
- pl: Żagnica sina

## Countries with the most observations

GB (5683), DE (4625), RU (2470), DK (2253), FR (2171), AT (1729), IT (1598), CH (666), PL (653), ES (648), CZ (591), BE (529)

## Summary

The southern hawker or blue hawker (Aeshna cyanea) is a species of hawker dragonfly.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_hawker

## Photo

![Southern Hawker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-hawker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Christian Kahle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64187358

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-hawker?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).