Hairy dragonfly | |
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Male, Ireland | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Aeshnidae |
Genus: | Brachytron Evans, 1845[2][3] |
Species: | B. pratense
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Binomial name | |
Brachytron pratense (Müller, 1764)
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Brachytron is a monotypic genus of European dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae containing the hairy dragonfly (Brachytron pratense), also known as the hairy hawker or spring hawker.[4] It is found in Europe and Asia Minor, as far east as the Caspian Sea.[5] With a typical length of around 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) it resides close to water bodies containing plants and has a flight season running from May to July.[6]