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Northern Emerald

Somatochlora arctica

1,291Records since 2000
JunePeak month
4Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar4
Apr7
May127
Jun541
Jul375
Aug135
Sep82
Oct15
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,063
2Argyll and Bute Scotland129
3Stirling Scotland72
4Perth and Kinross Scotland18
1,290 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,291
Peak month
June
Counties with records
4
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Somatochlora arctica
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,283
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Corduliidae
Genus
Somatochlora
Name with authority
Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840)
Described
1840
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q674064 · GBIF 1429997