#3696 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Banded Darter

🇳🇱 Bandheidelibel ·Sympetrum pedemontanum

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Leonid · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © clicque · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © kilometri · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Benoit NABHOLZ · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Uden, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. Uden, Netherlands:© J. H. · CC BY 4.0
9. Flight Forum, 5657 Eindhoven, Netherlands:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ter Haar, Groningen, Holland:© Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The banded darter ( Sympetrum pedemontanum ) is a European species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae.

base stats

NL sightings 158iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,075iNaturalist 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 #34 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
6,075 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Carlo Allioni in 1766 (260 years ago).