#3710 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Southern Skimmer

🇳🇱 Zuidelijke Oeverlibel ·Orthetrum brunneum

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Olivier Richardet · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Dragonfyre · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © alderash · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Emanuele De Zuliani · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © elbebiber · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Dimitǎr Boevski · CC BY 4.0
8. © identigy · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © ivan_humljani · CC0

what is it?

Orthetrum brunneum , the southern skimmer , is a species of 'skimmers' belonging to the family Libellulidae. This 'skimmer' is present in most of Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 80iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,278iNaturalist 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 80 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #49 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
10,278 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Étienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe (1772-1853) in 1837 (189 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Southern Skimmer
Nederlands: Zuidelijke Oeverlibel
scientific name: Orthetrum brunneum
class: Insecta
order: Odonata
family: Libellulidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 80
sightings in Europe: 8,703
sightings worldwide: 10,278
GBIF records in NL: 5,991
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1837 by Étienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe (1772-1853)