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Brilliant Emerald

Somatochlora metallica

1,395Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
6Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May44
Jun513
Jul587
Aug183
Sep14
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland364
2Bracknell Forest England158
3Surrey England150
4Argyll and Bute Scotland120
5Kent England61
6West Berkshire England47
911 England484 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,395
Peak month
July
Counties with records
6
Scientific name
Somatochlora metallica
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,387
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Corduliidae
Genus
Somatochlora
Name with authority
Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)
Described
1825
Contributing datasets
6

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 1430023