Kileplet-mosaikguldsmed (Aeshna isoceles)
• English name: Green-Eyed Hawker
• German name: Keilfleck-Mosaikjungfer
• French name: Aeschne isocèle
• Dutch name: Vroege glazenmaker
• Swedish name: Kilfläckslända
• Norwegian name: N/A
• Finnish name: Kiilaukonkorento
• Danish name: Kileplet-mosaikguldsmed
• Italian name: Dragone occhiverdi
• Czech name: šídlo červené
• Slovenian name: Deviški pastir
• Bulgarian name: Кафяв пъстролет
Kileplet-mosaikguldsmed (Aeshna isoceles)
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 large species of central and south-eastern Europe | |
Classification | • suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies); family: Aeshnidae | |
Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern | |
Scientific name | • Aeshna isoceles (Müller, 1767) | |
Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
Habitat | • well-vegetated ditches, ponds and lakes, e.g. with reed borders | |
Dimensions | • typical body length: 62-66 mm; hindwing: 39-45 mm | |
Notes | • for a Hawker: medium-sized; about the same size as A. caerulea, A. affinis, A. mixta and Brachytron pratense | |
• typically one of the first Hawkers on the wing | ||
• the light-brown body colour may look reddish in flight | ||
• aeshnids are 'fliers': they spend a lot of time on the wing and seldom hang up for a rest | ||
Both sexes | Head | ➤ the eyes are bright green |
Thorax | • the thorax is light brown with yellow patches on the side | |
• the antehumeral stripe is usually absent; if present, it is yellow and thin | ||
Abdomen | • the abdomen is light brown with a long, thin, black dorsal stripe | |
➤ S2 bears a yellow triangular mark | ||
Male | Wings | • the wings are hyaline, with a small orange patch at the base of the hind wing and a grey membranule |
Photographs | • nearly all of our photos below were made in Tuscany and the south of Italy |