#3725 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Scarlet Skimmer

🇳🇱 Oostelijke vuurlibel ·Crocothemis servilia

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © budak · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © budak · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © marcelfinlay · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Victor W Fazio III · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Soh Kam Yung · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © kei_y · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © marcelfinlay · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Soh Kam Yung · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Swarochi Tathagath · CC BY 4.0
10. © Don Snow · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The scarlet skimmer or ruddy marsh skimmer , Crocothemis servilia , is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 34,315iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
34,315 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Dru Drury in 1773 (253 years ago).