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Northern Damselfly

Coenagrion hastulatum

1,326Records since 2000
JunePeak month
6Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb5
Mar34
Apr29
May119
Jun647
Jul372
Aug33
Sep36
Oct20
Nov18
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland774
2Aberdeenshire Scotland421
3Perth and Kinross Scotland126
4Moray Scotland3
5Kent England1
6Angus Scotland1
1 England1,324 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
1,326
Peak month
June
Counties with records
6
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Coenagrion hastulatum
Also known as
Spearhead Bluet
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,304
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Coenagrionidae
Genus
Coenagrion
Name with authority
Coenagrion hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825)
Described
1825
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1935365 · GBIF 1422001