#3664 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Black-tailed Skimmer

🇳🇱 Gewone oeverlibel ·Orthetrum cancellatum

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © osoandino · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © frankielee91 · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paul Kingsnorth · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © redhat · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 1024 LG Amsterdam, Nederland:© Timo Slinger · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Baanvelden 11, 4715 RH Rucphen, Nederland:© Mia · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Aalsmeer, NL-NH, NL:© myideafix · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Heumensoord, Niederlande:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The black-tailed skimmer ( Orthetrum cancellatum ) is a dragonfly of Europe and Asia. It occurs nearly all of Europe except northern UK and Scandinavia; to the east, the range extends to Kashmir and Mongolia.

base stats

NL sightings 1,790iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 49,713iNaturalist 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 1,790 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #3 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
49,713 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).