Sibirisk mosaikguldsmed (Aeshna crenata)
• English name: Siberian Hawker
• German name: Sibirische Mosaikjungfer
• French name: N/A
• Dutch name: Siberische glazenmaker
• Swedish name: Sibirisk mosaikslända
• Norwegian name: N/A
• Finnish name: Isoukonkorento
• Danish name: Sibirisk mosaikguldsmed
• Italian name: N/A
• Czech name: N/A
• Slovenian name: N/A
• Bulgarian name: N/A
Sibirisk mosaikguldsmed (Aeshna crenata)
Not present
Present before 1990
Present after 1990
Present before and after 1990
Present after 2015

Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies
General | ➤ a very large species which in Europe occurs only in the Baltic area | |
Classification | • suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies); family: Aeshnidae | |
Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern | |
Scientific name | • Aeshna crenata Hagen, 1856 | |
Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
Habitat | • small lakes and ponds with acidic water in forest-bordered peat bogs | |
Dimensions | • typical body length: 71-86 mm; hindwing: 44-60 mm | |
Notes | • one of the biggest and heaviest-looking species in Europe | |
• regularly preys on other very large dragonflies (e.g. A. grandis) | ||
• aeshnids are 'fliers': they spend a lot of time on the wing and seldom hang up for a rest | ||
Both sexes | Thorax | • the thorax is brown with two wide pale (yellow) bands on the side |
Wings | • the costa (i.e. the leading edge of the wing) is brown | |
Male | Thorax | • the narrow antehumeral stripe is pale (yellow or blue) |
Abdomen | • the abdomen is dark brown with blue spots | |
• the upper appendages bear a row of teeth near the tip | ||
Female | Thorax | • the antehumeral stripe is pale and greatly reduced, and may be absent altogether |
Abdomen | • the abdomen is dark brown with pale yellow or blue spots | |
➤ the appendages are pointed rather than rounded | ||
Wings | ➤ the wings often have dark patches between the node and the pterostigma | |
Photographs | • all of our photographs below were made in southern Finland in 2010, 2017 and 2018 |
LineDrawing: the male's abdomen in dorsal and lateral view, and the male's head, thorax and abdomen in lateral view.