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Club-tailed Dragonfly

Gomphus vulgatissimus

3,201Records since 2000
MayPeak month
21Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr50
May1,914
Jun927
Jul82
Aug8
Sep14
Oct11
Nov8
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England535
2Oxfordshire England428
3Herefordshire, County of England193
4Gloucestershire England184
5Powys Wales155
6West Berkshire England147
7Monmouthshire Wales132
8Wrexham Wales122
9Telford and Wrekin England22
10Carmarthenshire Wales20
11Devon England12
12Ceredigion Wales4
13Surrey England2
14Dorset England1
15Essex England1
2,747 England454 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,201
Peak month
May
Counties with records
21
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Gomphus vulgatissimus
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,174
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Gomphidae
Genus
Gomphus
Name with authority
Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q932432 · GBIF 5051951