#3728 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

White-tailed Skimmer

🇳🇱 Witpuntoeverlibel ·Orthetrum albistylum

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Pavel Forgáč · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0
3. © Sebastian Ćato · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Eliot Stein-Deffarges J. · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Liu · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Sebastian Ćato · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © tmanno2001 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Marco Vicariotto · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © bio96 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Orthetrum albistylum is a dragonfly species, which occurs from central and south Europe to China and Japan. Its distribution is often patchy but in many areas it is common. The species has recently spread its range northwards to the Baltic Sea coast in Poland. The common name for this species is white-tailed skimmer .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,837iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
14,837 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edmond de Selys Longchamps in 1848 (178 years ago).