#3687 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Hairy Dragonfly

🇳🇱 Glassnijder ·Brachytron pratense

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © marcel-silvius · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Daniel Branch · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Walwyn · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Daniel Branch · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © AnneTanne · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Roque 141 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. De Wieden - Kiersche Wijde West:© Andre Hosper · CC BY 4.0
8. 2116 Bentveld, Nederland:© Jeroen van der Brugge · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 8377 Kalenberg, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. Lekkerkerk, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

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 .

base stats

NL sightings 245iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,513iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 245 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #26 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
3,513 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1764 (262 years ago).