#3663 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Common Darter

🇳🇱 Bruinrode heidelibel ·Sympetrum striolatum

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Frank Sengpiel · CC BY 4.0
2. © Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paul B. · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Florin Feneru · CC BY 4.0
6. © nachoperez · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Frank Sengpiel · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The common darter ( Sympetrum striolatum ) is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae native to Eurasia. It is one of the most common dragonflies in Europe, occurring in a wide variety of water bodies, though with a preference for breeding in still water such as ponds and lakes. In the south of its range adults are on the wing all year round.

base stats

NL sightings 1,898iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 61,140iNaturalist 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 1,898 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #2 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
61,140 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Toussaint von Charpentier in 1840 (186 years ago).