#3690 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Spotted Darter

🇳🇱 Kempense Heidelibel ·Sympetrum depressiusculum

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Julia Moning · CC BY 4.0
4. © Damiano · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. Scheerwolde, Nederland:© Ties Kemme · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 8371 Scheerwolde, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. weerribben:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Scheerwolde, Netherlands:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Scheerwolde, Netherlands:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Scheerwolde, Netherlands:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Sympetrum depressiusculum , or, the spotted darter , is a dragonfly species from the family Libellulidae, distributed across temperate parts of Eurasia.

base stats

NL sightings 197iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,281iNaturalist 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 197 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #29 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
2,281 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edmond de Selys Longchamps in 1841 (185 years ago).