#3694 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Black Meadowhawk

🇳🇱 Zwarte Heidelibel ·Sympetrum danae

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

what is it?

Sympetrum danae , the black darter or black meadowhawk is a dragonfly found in northern Europe, Asia, and North America. 2 in) long, it is Britain's smallest resident dragonfly. It is a very active late summer insect typical of heathland and moorland bog pools.

base stats

NL sightings 161iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 17,086iNaturalist 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 161 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #33 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
17,086 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Heinrich Sulzer in 1776 (250 years ago).