#3677 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Broad-bodied Chaser

🇳🇱 Platbuik ·Libellula depressa

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Libellula depressa , the broad-bodied chaser or broad-bodied darter , is one of the most common dragonflies in Europe and central Asia. It is very distinctive with a very broad flattened abdomen, four wing patches and, in the male, the abdomen becomes pruinose blue.

base stats

NL sightings 544iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 25,649iNaturalist 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 544 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #16 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
25,649 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).