Black Darter

Sympetrum danae

(Sulzer, 1776)

National assessment

Unassessed

Local assessment

Declining

Associated assemblage

sphagnum bog 109 other species in this assemblage

Statistics

Occurrences

310 since 2000 553 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

44 since 2000 75 all time

Earliest occurrence

1900

Latest occurrence

2024

Distribution

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Occurrence since 1950

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This chart should not be relied upon for an indication of species status as variations in recording effort can heavily affect the count of occurrences and occupied 1km squares.

References

Webb, J., Heaver, D., Lott, D., Dean, H.J., van Breda, J., Curson, J., Harvey, M.C., Gurney, M., Roy, D.B., van Breda, A., Drake, M., Alexander, K.N.A. and Foster, G. (2017). Pantheon. [online] Available at: http://www.brc.ac.uk [05/02/2025].

Data sources

Local species recorders

British Dragonfly Society Recording Scheme. Dragonfly records from the British Dragonfly Society Recording Scheme. Licenced under CC-BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.

Lapwings Consultants.

Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Natural Resources Wales. Welsh Invertebrate Database (WID). Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.

Sustainable Caistor.

Cite this page

GLNP (2025). Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776) species profile, in Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (ed.) Greater Lincolnshire species data bank. Available at: http://glincsson.glnp.org.uk/view?taxon_list_item_key=NBNORG0000009006 (Accessed 08 November 2025).