#3719 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies
Golden-ringed Dragonfly
🇳🇱 Gewone Bronlibel ·Cordulegaster boltonii
📍 5571 Bergeijk, Nederland
📍 Valkenswaard, Nederland
📍 6708 DC Wageningen, Netherlands
📍 Netherlands
📍 Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Axel Gosseries · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © jonatan_antunez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Steve · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Anxos Romeo Barreiro · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © nachoperez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 5571 Bergeijk, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Valkenswaard, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 6708 DC Wageningen, Netherlands:© Pádraic Flood · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. Netherlands:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Netherlands:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The golden-ringed dragonfly ( Cordulegaster boltonii ) is a large, striking dragonfly and the longest British species, the only member of its genus to be found in the United Kingdom.
base stats
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 34 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 9,963 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Edward Donovan in 1807 (219 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Golden-ringed Dragonfly
- Nederlands
- Gewone Bronlibel
- scientific name
- Cordulegaster boltonii
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Odonata
- family
- Cordulegastridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 34
- sightings in Europe
- 8,898
- sightings worldwide
- 9,963
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1807 by Edward Donovan
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 85057, Wikidata Q232843, GBIF 1421161, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.