Višnjeva deva (Aeshna affinis)
• English name: Blue-Eyed Hawker
• German name: Südliche Mosaikjungfer
• French name: Aeschne affine
• Dutch name: Zuidelijke glazenmaker
• Swedish name: Blå mosaikslända
• Norwegian name: N/A
• Finnish name: Hohtoukonkorento
• Danish name: Sydlig mosaikguldsmed
• Italian name: Dragone occhiblu
• Czech name: šídlo rákosní
• Slovenian name: Višnjeva deva
• Bulgarian name: Жълтогръд пъстролет
Višnjeva deva (Aeshna affinis)

Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies
General | • a large species of Southern and Central Europe | |
Classification | • suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies); family: Aeshnidae | |
Scientific name | • Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820 | |
Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
Notes | • for a Hawker: medium-sized; about the same size as A. caerulea, A. isoceles, A. mixta and Brachytron pratense | |
• oviposits in tandem, typically in the shade, in wet mud or dead vegetation | ||
• males often hover in flight | ||
• aeshnids are 'fliers': they spend a lot of time on the wing and seldom hang up for a rest | ||
Habitat | • shallow lakes and wetlands which dry up in the course of summer | |
Dimensions | • typical body length: 57-66 mm; hindwing: 37-42 mm | |
Both sexes | Thorax | ➤ the side of the thorax is yellow with thin black lines |
Male | Head | ➤ the eyes are bright blue |
Abdomen | • the abdomen is black with blue spots dorsally (in immature males: brown with yellow spots) | |
• S2 bears a blue T-shaped mark (in immature males: a yellow T-shaped mark) | ||
Female | Abdomen | • the abdomen is brown with yellow spots dorsally |
• S2 bears a yellow T-shaped mark | ||
Photographs | • nearly all of our photos below were made in the South of Italy |