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Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly

Ischnura pumilio

5,148Records since 2000
JunePeak month
39Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May370
Jun2,531
Jul1,639
Aug475
Sep91
Oct3
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England451
2Cambridgeshire England279
3Pembrokeshire Wales248
4Devon England155
5Powys Wales132
6Dorset England96
7Bracknell Forest England71
8Gwynedd Wales64
9Isle of Anglesey Wales64
10Cheshire East England62
11Oxfordshire England57
12Carmarthenshire Wales54
13Gloucestershire England47
14Worcestershire England27
15Norfolk England20
4,342 England797 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,148
Peak month
June
Counties with records
39
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ischnura pumilio
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,107
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Coenagrionidae
Genus
Ischnura
Name with authority
Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)
Described
1825
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1746508 · GBIF 1423317