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Scarce Chaser

Libellula fulva

10,319Records since 2000
JunePeak month
33Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr15
May3,234
Jun5,389
Jul1,513
Aug114
Sep8
Oct3
Nov7
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England1,539
2Norfolk England1,018
3Suffolk England844
4Northamptonshire England698
5Somerset England589
6Devon England529
7Dorset England477
8Bedford England346
9Gloucestershire England293
10Essex England213
11Kent England203
12Bristol, City of England158
13Isle of Wight England147
14Bath and North East Somerset England113
15Peterborough England113
10,306 England1 Scotland11 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,319
Peak month
June
Counties with records
33
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Libellula fulva
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,985
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Libellulidae
Genus
Libellula
Name with authority
Libellula fulva Müller, 1764
Described
1764
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1050665 · GBIF 1427936