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#3733 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Blue Dasher

🇳🇱 Blauwschicht ·Pachydiplax longipennis

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 outside Europe
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Cameron Eckert · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. © Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0
  4. 4. © Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0
  5. 5. © Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0
  6. 6. © Mel Kelley · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. © Karen Guin · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. © Nature Ali · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  9. 9. © Jim Lemon · CC BY-NC 4.0
Blue Dasher, photo 1 of 9
1/9 © Cameron Eckert · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The blue dasher ( Pachydiplax longipennis ) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. It is the only species in the genus Pachydiplax . It is very common and widely distributed through North America and into the Bahamas.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 164,451iNaturalist 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.
  • 164,451 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Hermann Burmeister in 1839 (187 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Blue Dasher
Nederlands
Blauwschicht
scientific name
Pachydiplax longipennis
class
Insecta
order
Odonata
family
Libellulidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
164,451
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1839 by Hermann Burmeister

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Libellulidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 59774, Wikidata Q138325, GBIF 1428054, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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