Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bazzi, Gaia, Galimberti, Andrea, Foglini, Claudio, Bani, Luciano, Bazzi, Lionello, Bonvicini, Piero, Brembilla, Roberto, Brigo, Massimo, Cavenaghi, Alberto, Colombo, Giuseppe, Della Pieta, Cesare, Galliani, Carlo, Guarnaroli, Ettore, Larroux, Nicola, Monti, Alessandro, Orioli, Valerio, Ornaghi, Francesco, Pilon, Nicola, Pirotta, Giuliana, Radaelli, Giovanni, Tessa, Giulia & Assandri, Giacomo, 2023, Odonate diversity of a highly urbanised region: An annotated checklist of the damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) of Lario and Brianza (Lombardy, N Italy), Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 111358-111358 : 111358

Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Native status

R

Conservation status

erl: LC; irl: LC

Notes

Flight period: II June - I October

The species is found solely in the mountains, between ca. 950 and 1920 m a.s.l., the only exceptions being two historical records from Pian di Spagna at 200 m a.s.l. (one individual on 08.10.1972 and two on 08.10.1988, G. Perego, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Morbegno collection, Balestrazzi and Pavesi (2008)), without further recent confirmation. It is absent from the Monza and Brianza Province, which is entirely below 400 m a.s.l.; the low number of observations in the Como Province is likely attributable to a lack of observations. In the study area, the species adapted to small watering ponds with at least a little aquatic or helophytic vegetation.