#3674 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Vagrant Darter

🇳🇱 Steenrode heidelibel ·Sympetrum vulgatum

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Pavel Trhoň · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © vyatka · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © webted · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Jörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Jörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Abtswoudse Bos, 2626 Delft, Netherlands:© Linda · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 3439 ML Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Netherlands:© R. Holthuizen · CC BY 4.0
10. 7701 BS Dedemsvaart, Nederland:© Olmen Vos · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The vagrant darter ( Sympetrum vulgatum ) is a European dragonfly. The species takes its English name from its habit of occasionally appearing as a rare vagrant north of its normal range. However, it is likely to be under-recorded because it is very similar to the common darter ( S. striolatum ).

base stats

NL sightings 748iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 22,639iNaturalist 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 748 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #13 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
22,639 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).