#3715 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Goblet-marked Damselfly

🇳🇱 Kanaaljuffer ·Erythromma lindenii

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Roman · CC BY 4.0
2. © Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © C. and N. Percsy · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. 5453 Langenboom, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 5453 Langenboom, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Sint Pieter, Maastricht, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Tilburg, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Almelo, Netherlands:© owenkrz · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Bornerbroek, Netherlands:© owenkrz · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Bornerbroek, Netherlands:© owenkrz · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The goblet-marked damselfly ( Erythromma lindenii ) is a medium-sized blue-and-black (or green-and-black) damselfly in the pond damselfly family (Coenagrionidae). It's a fairly common species in the South and West of Europe but is not found in the British Isles, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Erythromma lindenii was previously known as Coenagrion lindenii and Cercion lindenii . The goblet-marked damselfly is also known as the blue-eye . It's an easily recognized species, with its wide antehumeral stripes, narrow postocular spots, the...

base stats

NL sightings 41iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,999iNaturalist 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).