#3692 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Small Red Damselfly

🇳🇱 Koraaljuffer ·Ceriagrion tenellum

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Stella Mielke · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Nev Rowley · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © makrofotografin · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Stratum, Eindhoven, Netherlands:© harrylurling · CC BY-ND 4.0
6. Scheerseveldweg, Coevorden, Drenthe, NL:© Andre Hosper · CC BY 4.0
7. Nuenen, Netherlands:© Erwin Sieben · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Alteveer Gem Noordenveld, Netherlands:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 6611 Overasselt, Nederland:© Simon Hazenberg · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The small red damselfly ( Ceriagrion tenellum ) is a small damselfly flying in heathland bogs and streams. It is in the family Coenagrionidae.

base stats

NL sightings 174iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,867iNaturalist 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 174 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #31 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
3,867 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Joseph Devillers in 1789 (237 years ago).