Southern Darter

base stats

• NL sightings 158iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 10,918iNaturalist 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 158 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #35 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
• 🌍10,918 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by Edmond de Selys Longchamps in 1841 (185 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Southern Darter

Nederlands

Zuidelijke Heidelibel

scientific name

Sympetrum meridionale

class

Insecta

order

Odonata

family

Libellulidae

IUCN Red List

LC · least concern

sightings in NL

158

sightings in Europe

9,633

sightings worldwide

10,918

GBIF records in NL

9,425

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1841 by Edmond de Selys Longchamps

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