Dragonflies and damselflies recorded from Greater Lincolnshire
33 species recorded from Greater Lincolnshire in the last 25 years 36 recorded from Greater Lincolnshire all time
| common name | scientific name | occurrences | earliest | latest | |||
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| Hairy Dragonfly | Brachytron pratense (Müller, 1764) |
1,506 | 1903 | 2024 |
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| Brown Hawker | Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
4,381 | 1900 | 2024 |
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| Southern Hawker | Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764) |
2,805 | 1900 | 2024 |
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| Migrant Hawker | Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805 |
5,192 | 1948 | 2024 |
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| Emperor Dragonfly | Anax imperator Leach, 1815 |
3,125 | 1941 | 2024 |
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| common name | scientific name | occurrences | earliest | latest | |||
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| Large Red Damselfly | Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776) |
3,259 | 1900 | 2024 |
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| Common Blue Damselfly | Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840) |
7,448 | 1906 | 2024 |
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| Variable Damselfly | Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825) |
668 | 1906 | 2024 |
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| Azure Damselfly | Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758) |
4,501 | 1898 | 2024 |
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| Red-eyed Damselfly | Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823) |
2,165 | 1948 | 2024 |
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| Small Red-eyed Damselfly | Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840) |
489 | 2006 | 2024 |
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| common name | scientific name | occurrences | earliest | latest | |||
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| Broad-bodied Chaser | Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758 |
1,275 | 1896 | 2024 |
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| Four-spotted Chaser | Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758 |
3,878 | 1900 | 2024 |
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| Black-tailed Skimmer | Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758) |
2,896 | 1950 | 2024 |
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| Common Darter | Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840) |
9,254 | 1886 | 2024 |
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| Ruddy Darter | Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764) |
3,887 | 1941 | 2024 |
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| White-legged Damselfly | Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771) |
54 | 1984 | 2024 |
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