Red-eyed Damselfly

base stats

• NL sightings 328iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 10,964iNaturalist 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 328 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #23 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
• 🌍10,964 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by Johann Wilhelm Adolf Hansemann in 1823 (203 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Red-eyed Damselfly

Nederlands

Grote roodoogjuffer

scientific name

Erythromma najas

class

Insecta

order

Odonata

family

Coenagrionidae

IUCN Red List

LC · least concern

sightings in NL

328

sightings in Europe

9,139

sightings worldwide

10,964

GBIF records in NL

68,858

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1823 by Johann Wilhelm Adolf Hansemann

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.