#3739 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Autumn Meadowhawk

Sympetrum vicinum

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Cameron Eckert · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Cameron Eckert · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Cameron Eckert · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jim Johnson · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Denis Doucet · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Diana-Terry Hibbitts · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © Scott King · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Sympetrum vicinum , the yellow-legged meadowhawk or autumn meadowhawk , is a member of the Libellulidae family and grows to 26–35 mm long.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 63,540iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
63,540 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1861 (165 years ago).