#3693 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Nomad

🇳🇱 Zwervende heidelibel ·Sympetrum fonscolombii

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © elisabraz · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © elisabraz · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Thomas Bresson · CC BY 4.0
4. © Rovanto · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. 5451 Mill, Nederland:© Jan hartog · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Noord Tilburg, Tilburg, Netherlands:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 5175 Loon op Zand, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Noord Tilburg, Tilburg, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Hollum, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
10. Noord Tilburg, Tilburg, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The red-veined darter or nomad ( Sympetrum fonscolombii ) is a dragonfly of the genus Sympetrum . It is a widespread and common species found from the south to the north of Africa, southern Europe and eastwards to the Middle East, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent and the Indian Ocean Islands. It is a common species in southern Europe and from the 1990s onwards has increasingly been found in northwest Europe, including Britain and Ireland. Its name is sometimes...

base stats

NL sightings 162iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 36,189iNaturalist 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 162 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #32 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
36,189 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edmond de Selys Longchamps in 1840 (186 years ago).