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Red-veined Darter

Sympetrum fonscolombii

4,963Records since 2000
JunePeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar0
Apr8
May263
Jun1,882
Jul1,635
Aug551
Sep397
Oct175
Nov11
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England629
2Norfolk England424
3East Riding of Yorkshire England337
4Kent England283
5Devon England202
6Suffolk England198
7North Yorkshire England190
8Isle of Wight England116
9Sefton England101
10Pembrokeshire Wales88
11Dorset England84
12Lincolnshire England77
13Nottinghamshire England54
14Scottish Borders Scotland53
15West Berkshire England45
4,548 England117 Scotland295 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,963
Peak month
June
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Sympetrum fonscolombii
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,940
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Libellulidae
Genus
Sympetrum
Name with authority
Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
Described
1840
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 5791800