#3711 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Siberian Winter Damsel

🇳🇱 Noordse Winterjuffer ·Sympecma paedisca

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © elbebiber · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ewa Rauner-Bułczyńska · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © elbebiber · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Cattin Gianni · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Tatyana Zarubo · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Havelte, Provincie Drenthe, Holland:© Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Scheerwolde, Netherlands:© J. H. · CC BY 4.0
8. 8377 Kalenberg, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Scheerwolde, Netherlands:© Annika Tiane Vermaat · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Scheerwolde, Nederland:© Ties Kemme · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Sympecma is a genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae.

base stats

NL sightings 75iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,655iNaturalist 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 75 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #50 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
5,655 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Friedrich Moritz Brauer in 1877 (149 years ago).