#3671 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Four-spotted Skimmer

🇳🇱 Viervlek ·Libellula quadrimaculata

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Susan Elliott · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Dragonfyre · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © David Kaposi · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Cameron Eckert · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © lenoreatwood · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Peter Preus · CC BY 4.0
8. © Rainer Hungershausen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © Mike Leveille · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © jknuth · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The four-spotted chaser ( Libellula quadrimaculata ), known in North America as the four-spotted skimmer , is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae found frequently throughout Europe, Asia, and North America.

base stats

NL sightings 825iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 42,958iNaturalist 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 825 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #10 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
42,958 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).