#3689 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Small Red-eyed Damselfly

🇳🇱 Kleine Roodoogjuffer ·Erythromma viridulum

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © elbebiber · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Tina Ellegaard Poulsen · CC BY 4.0
3. © Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © jmneiva · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Maël Richon · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © winu · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
10. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The small red-eyed damselfly ( Erythromma viridulum ) is a member of the damselfly family Coenagrionidae. It is very similar to the red-eyed damselfly.

base stats

NL sightings 225iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,651iNaturalist 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 225 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #28 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
8,651 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Toussaint von Charpentier in 1840 (186 years ago).