#3679 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Scarce Chaser

🇳🇱 Bruine Korenbout ·Libellula fulva

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Degtyarev Nikolai Ivanovich · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Simon Tonge · CC0
3. © elisabraz · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © purperlibel · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Naarden, Netherlands:© margot_oorebeek · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 8371 Scheerwolde, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 8131 RD Wijhe, Nederland:© dirkgillissen · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Scheerwolde, Nederland:© harold_1964 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Scheerwolde, Netherlands:© J. H. · CC BY 4.0
10. Zwolle:© Whitehoof · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Scarce Chaser ( Libellula fulva ) is a species of dragonfly. The adult male has a bright blue abdomen with patches of black, while the adult female and juvenile male each have a bright orange abdomen. It is about 45 mm in length with an average wingspan of 74 mm. It is distributed throughout Europe. This dragonfly is considered a species of special concern in Great Britain due to loss of its specific ideal habitat.

base stats

NL sightings 494iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,214iNaturalist 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 494 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #18 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
14,214 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1764 (262 years ago).