#3681 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Broad Scarlet

🇳🇱 Vuurlibel ·Crocothemis erythraea

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Matthieu Gauvain · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Elios Garcia · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Michel NOËL · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Peter Vos · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © David Marquina Reyes · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © Ramunė Vakarė · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Ryszard Orzechowski · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Crocothemis erythraea is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. Its common names include broad scarlet , common scarlet-darter , scarlet darter and scarlet dragonfly .

base stats

NL sightings 426iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 38,339iNaturalist 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 426 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #20 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
38,339 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Gaspard Auguste Brullé in 1832 (194 years ago).